YusufIslam.com posted about Yusuf’s appearance at a recent fundraising dinner held by the charitable organization Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), which raised £1 million for medical relief for Gaza.
After a warm introduction by journalist Jon Snow, Yusuf, accompanied by long time guitarist Alun Davies, performed three songs – Ruins, The Day the World Gets ‘Round and Peace Train Blues, leaving the stage to a standing ovation.
Many of Sunday night’s speakers, including comedian Bill Bailey, Mark Steel and ex-BBC journalist Rageh Omaar, condemned the BBC’s refusal to broadcast the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) appeal for humanitarian aid.
Here’s a portion of his set captured by an audience member’s camera (not the greatest quality):
Corey Blake does things on the Internet, and sometimes even in real life. As a comic book pundit, advocate and educator, he regularly contributes to the Comic Book Resources blog Robot 6 and runs the web-magazine The Comics Observer, which provides a variety of perspectives on the comic book art form and industry. He also advises for the award-winning documentary and comics advocacy movement Dig Comics, and is a recurring member of the podcast Part-Time Fanboy. As a comedic performer/actor, Corey has been seen in online web-series such as The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour (Best Web Comedy-Episodic, Clicker.com), The Starmind Record (Best Direction and Editing, LA Web Series), and Poopdog Entertainment’s Mayer for Mayor (Funny or Die featured video). He is a founding member of the improv comedy group The You Convention, a house team at The Improv Space. See http://www.coreyblake.com for more.
