Damon Locks is the creative process come to life. He embodies art. He represents the dreams and aspirations creative folks hold for themselves, but may not actually achieve. And yet he does, again and ...

Writer, performer, and visual artist Patti Smith is perhaps best known for her singular fusion of rock music with freeform poetry, particularly in her adopted home of New York in the ’70s. But through ...

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FROM surrealist spoken word to fireside folk sessions, the Prince Albert in Rodborough has a packed schedule of events to ...

The libraries and city archives of Winnipeg, Manitoba, may seem like an unlikely place to find one of indie rock’s most singular voices. But John K. Samson, singer/songwriter of the Weakerthans, spent ...

“That’s just the way it comes out of me.” When you see Julian Paaige (and yes, he uses two A’s in his surname, no typo) on a stage, standing alone as he usually is, there’s something stark, mildly ...

Eileen Myles has two new books out now, a career-spanning new and selected poems called I Must Be Living Twice and a reissue of her beloved 1994 novel Chelsea Girls. Part of what makes this an event ...

Some may think poetry and punk rock don't have much in common, but for the New Orleans Poetry Brothel – which aims to creatively bring poetry out from behind the podium -- the two are simpatico. The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British punk band The King Blues, who drew inspiration from anti-government demonstrations and were at the forefront of a political protest movement in pop music, have split, they ...