Spoken Label

Latest Spoken Label is with new Worcestershire Poet Laureate Leena Batchelor.

Leena is a spoken word artist, author, and poetic minstrel with a random thought-generator for a brain, 

Leena currently has 3 poetry collections available, offering journeys through life, travels, relationships 

and peeks into the darker corners of society and the judgements we make.

Her amazon page is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ms-Leena-Batchelor/e/B07TDLLNGM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Her website is https://pixiemuse.wordpress.com/

Poems read out include:

1) Hangover

2) Cool glass of water

3) Easy peace in uneasy times

4) Interminable waiting of a day dream

Latest from Spoken Label features the wonderful Carolyn Crossley. 

Carolyn's Website is:

https://backfromdarknesstolight.com/

Poems read out were:

1. The Make-up Artist 

2. Sacral Chakra 

3. Invisible Women.

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features electronic ambient, dark ambient, atmospheric, experimental, sound artist Raych V.

** Contains topics not suitable for everybody ** 

Latest Spoken Label is from the wonderful Isaac Hughes-Dennis. 

Isaac Hughes-Dennis is a politi-folk comedy musician and occasional magician who combines eloquent wit, 

upbeat tunes and bold political statements for the pleasure and entertainment of any given audience.

Described as ‘Tim Minchin on steroids’ and ‘The most un-politically correct young person’.

Instagram- @isaac.hughes.dennis

Bandcamp: https://isaachughesdennis.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isaachughesdennismusic

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdkIP5UFIbZWnFCfHmGAydA?fbclid=IwAR0D5TMYGIdY8uH5Z2yAwxC0rJUJ2S5aNLsYQLPwBEs4e04QKdaFo88H_yc

Pieces read out in this session include:

1. Cough on a tory

2. A song for Rishi Sunak

3. Teenage Jesus

Today's guest on Spoken Label is the wonderful Jeffrey Bryan who plays keyboards and rhythm guitar with the legendary Survivor among lots of other projects.

Back in the house is the latest session from Spoken Label featuring the wonderful Annemarie Ní Churreáin.

ANNEMARIE NÍ CHURREÁIN is a poet from the Donegal Gaeltacht. Her publication list includes Bloodroot (Doire Press, 2017) Town (The Salvage Press, 2018) and a sequence of poems titled The Foundling Crib (Solstice Arts, 2020). She has also co-written a libretto titled Elsewhere with composer/director Michael Gallen and writer Dylan Coburn-Gray. Ní Churreáin is a 2020 Artist in Residence at  Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris. Her book Bloodroot is available for order here: https://www.doirepress.com/writers/a_f/annemarie_ni_churreain/

Poem read out in this session was: 

1. Family Law

Additional details about Annmarie can be found at:

http://studiotwentyfive.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64kJpSQTUQk&fbclid=IwAR3q7ya5CyBzT0qbvN-3bYFnq76WydOAxicjK2Mj4Xjo-3DLU2KftICHWDo

(The Song referred in the interview which Annmarie wrote)

https://twitter.com/NiChurr (Twitter)

https://www.doirepress.com/writers/a_f/annemarie_ni_churreain/ (Doire Press)

https://vimeo.com/287620534?

fbclid=IwAR2wQCfckwEU7y1aScx6y9uptKSwU3_rz3uavc_WkGFPdodF9d5qryV4X9I 

(An excellent reading of Annmarie’s poem Sisters)

Latest Spoken Label session features the wonderful Saif Chaudhry (Who does immersive exhibits for museums) and Farah Ahmad (Poet)

Saif can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/saif.chaudhry.10/

Farah's poem which she reads towards the end is called War Child.

The video we refer to during the video that Farah is in can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFeHksgNr4c&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2VsFPP194niE5ijS8WMWE1gwQ0qCMPVKlr0qJum_u3WhDr_iFy6m-5Zh8

(I should have hugged you tighter when we last met (Oh what a joy))

Also mentioned in this session are:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ObGUrpW2U&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR093xrIvmqr5ep9iidscKUpVA8sR5lnMTHO7_jDJnbodPCpLIoJqMcXB1Q

Latest Spoken Label is from the wonderful and very funny Tony KInsella.

More about Tony Kinsella can be found on his facebook profile at: 

https://www.facebook.com/tony.kinsella.73

Both of his collections, Vladimar Putin is in my kettle and if you tolerate this this, your brain cells shall be next as well the Bard Company book he features in -  Little Red Book can also be bought direct from tony on his email address: [email protected]

Pieces read out in this session include: 

1. she thought

2. festival

3. my life as a undertoe

4. vladimar putin is in my kettle

5. 5 more minutes

Latest from Spoken Label is a session featuring a dear friend of ours from over 10 years from Write Out Loud Stockport Nigel Astell.

Latest Spoken Label Podcast features the amazing Nadia Kingsley off Fairacre Press and podcast host of Word Bin among many other projects.

More about Nadia can be found at: https://fairacrepress.co.uk/

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/the-word-bin/(which is available at Itunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Podbean and all Podcast apps)

1. Viewpoint

2. Red for Danger

3. House Spider

4. Some things can be relayed on.