New interview about ‘Biko’ in Songlines

The new issue of Songlines Magazine is out now and it is their 200th edition!

As well as cover star Leyla McCalla, there are features on Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, Nigerian Highlife sensation The Cavemen and Joe Boyd. Amongst all the usual good stuff there’s also a new interview with Peter, where he talks about the song ‘Biko’.

I think when it became a human rights anthem on Amnesty’s ‘Conspiracy of Hope’ and ‘Human Rights Now’ tours it was clear that it had become something else.

Some activists have come up to me and said that hearing that song sung by hundreds of people was an emotional trigger point that led to them to their careers.

The magazine is out now and available in both print and online editions.