Kae Tempest Unleashed. Dive into their Poetry, Theatre, and Novels!
Friday 19th July
Here are Friday’s Music Fragments, adding some colour to the week.
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Kae Tempest
Song Sketch 41
Many moons ago, at The Latitude Festival, I stood listening to a young poet pouring out their heart with a personal beat poem named ‘Cannibal Kids’, it was the most powerful thing I had seen all weekend. We had a brief chat at the end of their set, they were polite, shy with quiet resolve. This was Next Generation Poet, Kae Tempest the incredible talent who has gone on to become a most spectacular voice in modern poetry, writer of novels, creator of theatre and producer of music. What an incredible talent, I feel lucky for my little tent-side chat. Sketch of the week, ‘Sing it to the river’ (song and lyrics below).
Bands in town
mui zyu, Thu 31st Oct, Kings place, Hall 2
John Francis Flynn, Mon 4th NOV, Earth Theatre
Discovery Zone & Freak Heat Waves, Fri 1st Nov, Corsica Studios
MJ Lenderman and The Wind, Mon 18th Nov, The Garage
deary, Wed 20th Nov, The Lexington
Music and the Mind
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Ear Candy
Kae Tempest - Priority Boredom
Kae Tempest - More Pressure ft. Kevin Abstract
Kae Tempest - KEXP Full Performance
Gift, new single, ‘later’
Minks, awesome album ‘By the hedge’
Instantdrahla, new single, ‘Going in circles’
Drahla - Silk Spirit
Film Friday
Arena, Being Kae Tempest
“Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Ted Hughes prize and have been nominated for both the Brit and Mercury music awards. Tempest has always found support and respect within the queer art scenes, a place close to their heart. In July 2020, they came out as non-binary, announcing that they would publish and perform under the name Kae. This film delves deep into their creative process and gains rare, intimate insights into Kae’s life throughout a period of profound personal and artistic change.” BBC Iplayer
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Song Sketch - Sing it to the river
Song Sketch Lyrics - Sing it to the river
I sing this river song
My heart is not strong
This bird is on its own
Its cares like the stones
And I sing it to the river
and listen to it answer.
oh
All the pretty loves
couldn’t take my heart when I was young
but now my hands are old
I feel the weight in my soul.
And I sing it to the river
and listen to it answer.
oh
The sky
The birds
And the mountains
I’m not lonely anymore.