ANNOUNCING: PoMuse(ic): Poems and other writings with Music Improv Night!
7pm, Fri., July 31, Cafe Bueno, 248 N Main St, Barre
For the past couple of years, I've been experimenting with unrehearsed spoken-word performances backed by any musician(s) willing to play. The results, whether with an all-out blasting rock beat (Madman 3). with a Jazz Combo (PoJazz) or with a single drummer or bass blues line or ukelele (Jeff Salisbury, Dave Burke, Bob Hannan, Cavan Meese) have almost always vastly improved the reception of my writing. Now I'm hoping to encourage such collaborations among all writers who seek to find the surprises that await as they present their work with live music attached. The "accidents" of these unrehearsed performances usually enhance the work in a way that rehearsed, all-smooth, presentations cannot quite capture.
You are invited to the following. Please tell your musician and writer friends, and maybe help spread the word on Facebook or any other social media you may use.
Bring your poems, prose, diary entries, bemusing Ikea instructions, etc. for five minutes at the mic, backed by an improvising house musician or two. Or provide your own accompanist(s). Within the time limit, any reading or recitation goes! Sign up at the door; hosted by Geof Hewitt.
Espresso Bueno's website - http://www.espressobueno.com/events
Espresso Bueno's facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/events/673848212746722 (The facebook link is especially important. Any facebook user can invite his or her own facebook friends through it.)
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