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rhythmaningFour gigs in a week; two jazz, and two - strangely - spoken word. Or poetry, if you like. Which I don't. I don't like poetry. Or rather, I don't like reading poetry. But hearing it read in a performance is something difference.
Last Sunday I went to Neu!Reekie!, a regular spoken word and art event which I have been meaning to go to for ages, but kept missing. Last week it was held at the Fruitmarket Gallery, one the closing evening of the Jim Lambie show. It was a very good evening, but being able to see Zobop so close (I was sitting on the floor) definitely made the evening.
Tonight I saw Kate Tempest perform. She also sings - if I hadn't heard her records on 6Music, I wouldn't have gone tonight.
She was very, very good. Her sense of rhythm and the lucidity of words - the pictures she painted and the stories she told - were amazing. The energy with which she spoke - she had her poems written down, but she didn't read them - was impressive. She was spellbinding. Very special. And very enjoyable. And very funny.
Last Sunday I went to Neu!Reekie!, a regular spoken word and art event which I have been meaning to go to for ages, but kept missing. Last week it was held at the Fruitmarket Gallery, one the closing evening of the Jim Lambie show. It was a very good evening, but being able to see Zobop so close (I was sitting on the floor) definitely made the evening.
Tonight I saw Kate Tempest perform. She also sings - if I hadn't heard her records on 6Music, I wouldn't have gone tonight.
She was very, very good. Her sense of rhythm and the lucidity of words - the pictures she painted and the stories she told - were amazing. The energy with which she spoke - she had her poems written down, but she didn't read them - was impressive. She was spellbinding. Very special. And very enjoyable. And very funny.