Tania Hershman will be reading 1st September at Word of Mouth
We are truly blessed here at WoM. The generosity and interest shown by artists is truly great. I am so pleased Tania Hershman has agreed to read at the next Wom on 1st Sept. The idea behind this was for writers who tell stories. I love me poets to death but so pleased we have a short story writer of such standing reading.
We will also have Richard Burleywrites songs of survival - they say life is hard but we have to keep making the choices that will get us through it. They are songs which show that we are all in some way survivors. Each one is a story which the listener can enter and inhabit; a room of sunlight and shadows, echoing to sounds from our pasts, presents and maybe futures. Here’s a review of his CD Time Spent Counting Magpies.
“TIME SPENT COUNTING MAGPIES blends many styles of music together to create something wonderful. This album looks at what it means to be alive and how love can make us reflect on our lives …James Taylor comes to mind. Richard’s vocals are warming and rich … Richard’s voice is magical and the lyrics are so emotive.”
Autumn looks like it’s going to be a cracking season. With old and new favourites performing, plans to use other venues and getting a light so that the poets can read their work on stage. It will be a good one.
Last night Hazel and Suzy performed stunning sets. They both adapted their performances to make the most of The Thunderbolt’s limitations and received rapturous applause from the audience for their efforts.
Hazel did not read too many poems from Needlepoint but that was fine as she had the audience eating out of her hand with two well conceived and performed sets. Her poem “Mermaid” in particular received comments as it moved from blunt Anglo-Saxon to Angela Carteresque imagery to showing a sensitivity and understanding of the male sailors world and showing them to be three dimensional people.
Suzy’s two sets showed the audience what Suzy does best, play music and sing. In another person’s hands looped music would be just that, looped music. Suzy uses it to great effect enhancing her songs and creating an atmosphere a presence that takes you into her world. She is a singer songwriter but her work and presence would sit just as well in a gallery as on the stage. Some of her songs would not be out of place in a Tim Burton movie, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride etc. her other songs are foot tapping songs that raise your emotions to the heavens. All of them are thoroughly enjoyable.
Word of Mouth is taking a break over August and will return in September.
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