to Barry and all
Arcade Fire were brilliant at the Latitude Festival (main stage); and if you
like the Arcade, you'll find Rodrigo Y Gabriela (uncut stage) pretty
amazing. Latitude kind of proved music audiences easily cross over to poetry
too.
Last night, I attended The Den of Uniquity (a big barn) out in the
Suffolk/Norfolk border sticks - young folk and electric bands. I read in a
break and got an encore! I'm not trying to be Mr Popular but a lot of young
bands/musicians/lyricists like poetry because it gives them another angle on
their own work, interests, etc.
More importantly, what I read/performed was a bit edgy, not least because I
used the PA's awful reverb as an effect. I'm not saying I've found a path,
or there is a Renaissance, but I detect possibilities for poetry to connect
with new audiences.
Best wishes, Rupert Mallin
www.mallin.blogspot.com
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