Spoken Word

24 Feb 2023

Spoken Word: Episode 4: Part 4: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…

Performing Arts, Spoken Word

In the final segment of the week we take a look at the legendary 20th Century Gay African American poet, Gil Scott Heron.

Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer,^] musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as the lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron.  His poem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.

Gil Scott-Heron is a poet we will be returning to in future weeks when we do a full episode on him.

Fleassy Malay is our guest next week, so we are featuring an award-winning poem of hers, Witches.

We round the week out with Sophie B. Hawkins, “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover’; which Lucy and James spoke about earlier.

 

 

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