R2 Magazine recently published an interview with Leon Rosselson as well as a 5-star review of his 4-CD boxed set, The World Turned Upside Down. 

Sean McGhee first interviewed Leon Rosselson back in 1988 for the launch of Rock'n'Reel (now R2) Magazine. 24 years later, following the release of the boxed set, the pair talk again about fame, the art of songwriting, Harry Potter, pop songs and Israel.  

Read the full R2 interview here. 

Click on the image below to see R2 Magazine's 5-star review of The World Turned Upside Down, or get hold of R2's January/February issue!

A selection of recent reviews for The World Turned Upside Down, Leon's 4-CD boxed set. 

***** review in Songlines January 2012
"It's the life work of of one of Britain's finest contemporary writers - not just songwriters but writers in any form.... The World Turned Upside Down concludes with 'The Power of Song', to which this magnificent retrospective is a living testament."
 
Taplas January 2012
" ...to my mind, one of the best songs ever written is Song of the Olive Tree, about the fate of a tree and the people of Palestine. It's a song that is at once beautiful, depressing, anger-inducing and, finally, hopeful and inspiring." 

Tykes News Winter 2011/2012 
"I've sung his children's songs to my children (and other people's children) and his grown-up's songs to my grown-ups (and, more than likely, to other people's grown-ups) and in the process of singing, have never ceased to marvel at the skill and care of Leon's writing. We'll not see his like again, even if we wait for fifty years..."

Leon's new record, The World Turned Upside Down box set, is now available for purchase.

Click here for more information. 

The words of Leon Rosselson's The World Turned Upside Down painted on a colourful mural on the toilet walls in People's Park, Berkeley.

People's Park was the scene of a famous battle on 15 May 1969 when, on the orders of the University, the police seized the park and erected a chain link fence round it. Thousands demonstrated to take back the park. The police used tear gas and live bullets against the demonstrators. One man was killed and 128 hospitalised. Despite the attempts of the University to make it their exclusive property, the park still remains open to all.