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| Michael Matthew McGee, more commonly known as Mighty Mike McGee, (born January 12, 1976) is an American slam poet. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, McGee is the oldest of 8 children from several marriages. He has spent most of his life in and around San Jose, California where he started his career in spoken word, poetry slam and performance poetry in 1998. He is a contemporary of Jack McCarthy and Buddy Wakefield. The nickname "Mighty" inadvertently came from McGee himself. In 1997, McGee became interested in the internet, however, he was unable to acquire a simple email address without numbers in it, so mightymikemcgee was the only username acceptable to him. A fellow slam poet agreed to use it publicly until it caught on with friends and audiences. It has become a standard introduction for him by hosts and emcees prior to most performances. |
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| Ainsley is a rockstar and writer, a performance poet and international spy. What is most captivating is his ability to walk through walls and to vanish right before your eyes. He makes you "feel" metaphors that your intellect may not understand or your sense of perception doesn't grasp, but somehow, your spirit translates...you come away feeling "wiser" even without fully knowing why. He manages to enhance your essence at that moment, imbed the code into your flesh and patiently waits for your spirit, far later to say "Oh....I understand |
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| Al Letson |
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| 33 year old writer/performer/director/father/filmmaker |
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| Alvin Lau is a professional performer, educator, and Chicago native. Currently the 2 ranked slam poet in the country, Lau has performed on the fifth and sixth season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, curated workshops at hundreds of high schools and universities across the country including Sarah Lawrence College and Yale, and won hundreds of local, regional, and national poetry competitions including two individual titles at the Rustbelt Regional poetry slam and back to back national youth championships. He is one-half of the spoken word duo All Lovers' Revolt with Denver-based national champion Katie Wirsing and a member of the Bullhorn Collective, composed of the 30 top-ranked slam poets in the world. Currently, he is finishing a manuscript length book of poems and planning tours with Layman Lyric and Amnesty International. |
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| Amalia L. Ortiz, San Antonio actor/director/activist/Puro Slam grand slam champion 2000, 2001 and 2002, was named Puro Slam's 1999 MVP "based on skills, execution , winnings, and over all sportsmanship." She placed 1st at the open slam and won the tag team slam with partner Gary Mex Glazner at the Taos Poetry Circus 2001. She founded, co-wrote, directed, and appeared in the 2 hour all female poetry/theatre piece "Women of Ill Repute: Refute!", which raised money for the Rape Crisis Center, and was presented at several literary festivals, theaters and universities. |
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| I am a poet, writer, speaker. In many ways writing is my most signifigant means to self discovery. I've recorded a couple albums, "Cornerstore Folklore" and Dead Man Walking". I'm finishing my third album "Like a Thief in the Night". "Like a Thief in the Night" is scheduled to be released in early '07l on Uprising Records and distributed via Sony/Red. Most recently I've released a project BROAD DAYLIGHT available now. I was blessed to work with a few of my favorite artist on this album, Abi Odun (Last Poets), Mos Def, Goapele and Liza Garza. It's my first project that has major distribution so it feels like my introduction as an artist to the world. Needless to say, it is special to me. God willing, the people will find benefit in it. I also give lectures and workshops on Freedom of Speech and the Artists Sacred Obligation, Art & Spirituality, and Manifest Liberation. |
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| Amy Baez, a New Jersey native of Puerto Rican descent, is one of South Florida’s most compelling performers. Aside from her full-time career as a pediatric occupational therapist, Amy is a spoken word artist based in Miami and traveling throughout the US promoting her book entitled, “What Poetic Eyes Speak.” She also be seen or heard locally on TV and radio commercials as well as in theater productions. Her poetry is a reflection of honest emotions conveyed through inspiring stories best captured in spoken word and vocal performance. Time and time again, she turns first-time listeners into loyal fans of poetry they never knew could soak up their souls. Leaving audiences yearning for more, she has proven that she has “…far more than the average feminine quality of a woman.” |
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| Rousing audiences throughout the United States and Canada with her poignant message and her genuine interest in generating change, Andreas words are powerful, compassionate, and inspiring. She is a queer poet/activist whos work deconstructs the foundations of the current political machine, highlighting issues such as patriarchy, gender norms, white-supremacy, and capitalist culture. Andrea moved from New Orleans to Colorado in 1999, where she began attending weekly poetry readings at Denver's political hub, The Mercury Café. In a years time she had rushed the scene, making her mark with the 2000 Denver Slam Team at The National Poetry Slam in Providence, Rhode Island. In the same year, Andrea joined Vox Feminista, a multi-passionate performance tribe of radical, political women bent on social change through cultural revolution. She went on to become a four-time Denver Grand Slam Champion. Andrea took 4th place out of 350 competing poets in the individual finals at the 2004 National Poetry Slam in St. Louis, while simultaneously leading Team Denver to a 2nd place title in the team competition. In 2006 she captured 3rd place at the Individual World Poetry Slam in Charlotte, North Carolina. Andrea has headlined everywhere from the Nuyorican Poet's Café, to Pride Fests and Lady Fests, to high schools and universities throughout the country. She has been showcased on Free Speech TV, Dyke TV, the documentary Slam Planet, and Independent Radio Stations nationwide. She is currently a member of the prestigious Bullhorn Collective "comprised of 30 of the highest ranking slam poets and most accomplished performance poets in the world." |
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| 29 years old and I: somehow managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA throughout most of my academic years...lost my 4.0 GPA my junior year during my parents' separation...survived my experimentation with drugs...vomited only 5 times out of the thousand times I've been drunk...caught my mother cheating on my father with a younger guy...regret slapping her in the face and putting a knife to his neck when I caught them...moved cross country from San Francisco to Miami and spent my senior year at a new school in attempt to get my life back in order...managed to get my grades back up high enough to graduate... ...attended art school...found a stable job in corporate America...left my job in corporate America when I realized it started monotonously eating away at my life...started and maintained a successful graphic design company...had my heart broken 3 times...found poetry...found God...became an active leader in "Youth For Christ"...found love again but weary in trusting it...witnessed a close friend pass away from cancer...prayed by her side as she passed...began my battle against cigarette addiction...abandoned my design business when I began compromising my creativity to please the client...pursued poetry because it was what I was compelled to do...filmed for a TV show "Spoken" on the Black Family Channel... ...diagnosed with testicular cancer...still battling cigarette addiction...became blessed with being able to do poetry for a living...traveled to 30 out of 50 states...performed in front of crowds ranging from 20 to 3000...managed to take 5th place at the 2006 National Poetry Slam with my Miami team...individually ranked 12th out of 800 or so poets at the 2006 National Poetry Slam...witnessed a dream come true of filming for HBO Def Poetry...achieved a 5k run in benefit of breast cancer research... ...still battling cigarette addiction...am blessed with close friends...am loved by my family...am still loved by my girlfriend Jessica...have learned to trust her with my dilapidated heart...bought a house...bought a dog...still remain standing...still remain fighting...still remain faithful in God...now more than ever. |
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| Aya de Leon is an African-American/Puerto Rican writer, performer, and teacher who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her style ranges from saucy, biting political irony to the lyrical faith of her prayer poetry. This year, she has been an artist-in-residence at Stanford University, teaching spoken word and performance. In 2000 she was a member of the Western regional championship San Francisco Poetry Slam Team and prior to that has won slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York, and throughout the Bay Area. She was recently selected by the California Arts Council for an Artist Fellowship in spoken word. Her work has been featured in Essence magazine and various anthologies. This includes three poetry chap books, and a one-woman show, "Thieves in the Temple: The Reclaiming of Hip Hop," which was recently featured at the Hip Hop Theater Festival in NYC. She is currently touring with the Hip Hop Theater All Stars, and working on various projects. For more information about Aya |
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| Bassey is a poet/writer from Ikom, Nigeria, who has lived in the United States for nearly 18 years. Her first book of poetry, Bassey's World: Revelations & Reflection will be released in early fall under her production company, BasseyWorldUnlimited. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. |
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| original cast member of the tony award winning show, def poetry jam on broadway. appeared on all seasons of hbo's def poetry. writer/performer on norman lear's declare yourself project. writer of a night without armor II: the revenge. released the cd's attack! attack! go! and dope and wack. featured in the documentary slamnation. appeared in the films slam, hitch, and the manchurian candidate. member of two national poetry slam championship teams. recipient of a california arts council grant as writer-in-residence for youthspeaks sf. i'm featured in various anthologies, including spoken word revolution, heights of the marvelous, and slam. i've enjoyed performing at quite a few universities, among them: notre dame, harvard, columbia, nyu (my alma mater!), and uc berkeley. i've also had the opportunity to share my work in australia, new zealand, south africa, and a bunch of places in europe |
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| Writing, Poetry, Poem, Poems, Spoken Word, Slam i AM... Benjamin is an individual who loves to dance, sing, write and live, yet, dancing i would love to get better! A born citizen of San Francisco, Benjamin Hughes, considers himself a writer FIRST. He began writing in the fall of 1999 after attending an open mic. Since then, he has never looked back. The first stage to grace was IU Soul Revue and went on to have recited poetry on the same stages as M1 [Dead Prez], Talib Kweli, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Patricia Smith, Mike McGee, Mo Browne, the band IsWhat, Susan Taylor, The Last Poets, acclaimed Carnegie Soprano Angela Brown, etc, etc. |
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| Berzerkeley Slam Compilation |
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| Bamuthi - All I Hear Marcus Rene Van - Red Lipstick You're Too Fat For That Charles Ellik Kinky Black Hairs Nibble The Nose Sonia Whittle Houdini Hocus Pocus Sleepers Jaime Kennedy Beauty & the Beastiality Xiana Fairchild Nazelah Jamison Smoking My Love Michael Cirelli Vinyl Soldiers with Ice Skates Shailja Patel She Said No Dreaming in Gjurati Bucky Sinister One Way Ticket to Midnight The Ballad of Chicken Larry Ariana Waynes Et Cetera and All That Jazz Even the Sky Looked Away |
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| Working primarily with reality as the root, growing ideas exponentially outward influenced by the everyday phenomena of life, Beyonder engages his participants through the dramatics of the written and spoken word. An experienced Educator using creative writing and spoken word as a vehicle to enable creative expression, Beyonder has run residencies, and seminars for schools, youth groups, and adult institutions all over the UK. Coupled with his verbal dexterity as a Poet/Orator - Beyonder has cast his net wider and now utilises his skills in the voice over industry. |
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| Bezerkeley SLAM |
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Berzerkely SLAM - Various Artists - In the last four years the SF Bay Area's performance poetry scene has exploded into the most exciting place in the English speaking world to be a poet. Ground Zero is the Starry Plough in Berkeley. Every Wednesday poets from around the world meet at the slam to rip open their hearts for an exhuberant packed house. Here are ten of the top performance poets in the U.S., each sharing two signature pieces. A social scientist could not have found a more diverse crew, a literary 1. All I Hear 2. Red Lipstick 3. You're Too Fat for Tht 4. Kinky Black Hairs 5. Nibble the Nose* 6. Housini Hocus Pocus* 7. Sleepers 8. Beauty and the Beastiality* 9. Xiana Fairchild 10. Smoking 11. My Love 12. Vinyl* 13. Soldiers with Ice Skates 14. She Said No 15. Dreaming In Gujurati 16. One Way Ticket to Midnight 17. The Ballad of Chickin Larry 18. Et cetera and All That Jazz* 19. Even the Sky Looked Away |
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| Poet/performance artist BLUE was born in Harlem, New York but raised as a military brat between New York, Georgia, Germany, Kentucky and Tennessee. Upon returning to the states from Germany as a teenager, he experienced a culture shock, and quickly developed a discerning eye, which lends to his writing today. The talents of this renaissance man do not stop here, as he has appeared in commercials, such as NY Lotto, BETs 106 and Park and the Off-Off-Broadway production of "Sex is More Than a Three Letter Word." |
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| BRENT, Spoken Soul Brent Caballero may be young but he carries alot of power in his heart warming words. His writing is guaranteed to move you. At 18 Brent has slammed against some of the most popular adult poets in Texas and held his own winning both at the Under 21 slams and the adult slam venues. He is a member of the 2007 Austin Under 21 Slam Team and won a spot on the 2007 (adult) Austin Neo-Soul Slam Team. Truly there is greatness on the horizon of Brent Caballero. |
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| In 1998 she combined both her loves- performance and poetry. In 1999 she won the first competitive poetry slam she ever entered. Soon after that she started rocking mics at hip-hop spots all over Soutern California. Bridget hasn't stopped trailblazing on the spokenword scene since. She continued to win various slams across the country including HBO's Soul Poetry Slam, The Battle of L.A. and The Nuyorican in N.Y. Bridget is the only female to become a two time Grand Slam Champion back to back in L.A. and Hollywood, securing her a spot on both perspective slam teams which she represented for in 3 National Poetry Competitions. 2001 marked the release of Bridget's 1st cd "Shades of Gray" which has now sold over 15,000 copies independantly. She has been a featured poet on ABC's "Eye On L.A.", BET's "Lyric Cafe" and brought the house down receiving an extended standing ovation at her taping of HBO's "Def Poetry Jam". Her dynamic stage presence and thought inducing lyrics have led her to become a highly sought after speaker on the college circuit. She has lectured and performed at over a dozen university's and colleges including: Princeton, UCLA, and USC. In 2003 Bridget was chosen from over 400 poets/MC's across the country to become the voice and face for Nissan's "Electric Moyo" campaign. She took on the alias Sypher1 and hit the road for a 3 month nation wide tour. She made stops 10 major cities across the country, hosting some the hottest events and opening for name acts such as The Black Eyed Peas, Joss Stone and Eryakah Badu just to name a few. Along the way she interviewed local artists and celebrities inside a customized sedan that had been turned into a mobile broadcasting station that allowed her to pirate into 66 national Nissan radio advertisements. The spots were so cutting edge the Ad Age magazine ranked Electric Moyo #4 in the top 10 Non-Traditional Campaigns in 2003, listing Sypher1 [bridget gray] as the poetess running the show. In 2004 the success of this campaign lead Bridget to become the host of a nationally syndicated radio program airing in the same 10 cities she toured. Main stream Radio One stations including L.A.'s 100.3, Chicago's 92.3, and N.Y. 107.5 got a dose of spokenword and interviews with Bridget in the driver seat. Guests on her show included Alicia Keys, Ice Cube, Issac Hayes, Kelis and many more. |
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| BUDDY WAKEFIELD is the two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion featured on NPR, the BBC, and HBOs Def Poetry Jam. In 2004 he won the Individual World Poetry Slam Finals thanks to the support of anthropologist and producer Norman Lear then successfully defended that title at the International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands against the national champions of seven European countries with works translated into Dutch. In 2005 he won the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship title again and has gone on to share the stage with nearly every notable performance poet in the world including Saul Williams, Sage Francis, Utah Phillips, Derrick Brown and Marc Bamuthi Joseph in hundreds of venues internationally from Comedy Centrals Hudson Theater and Scotlands Oran Moore to San Quentin State Penitentiary and CBGBs. In the spring of 2001 Buddy left his position as the executive assistant at a bio medical firm in Gig Harbor, WA, sold or gave away all he owned, moved into the small town of Honda Civic, and set out to live for a living, touring every major poetry venue in North America through 2003. He still tours full time while managing The Bullhorn Collective (a talent agency founded by Wakefield), made up of 30 of the highest ranking Slam Poets and most accomplished performance poets alive. Buddy, a Board of Directors member with Youth Speaks Seattle and member of Team Seattle 2006 for the National Poetry Slam Finals, is known for delivering raw, rounded, high vibration performances of humor and heart while shifting social paradigms and making origami gum out of cross-cultural barriers through powerful accounts of release. |
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When words weren’t enough, New York City found a way to make sense of it all. Welcome, Brooklyn’s newest discovery, Ca!tlin Meissner. As a poet, graphic designer, activist and educator the Albany raised Ca!tlin, found solace in the charming and unruly packaging of performance poetry. Recently graduating from Pratt University with degree in Graphics Design, Ca!tlin acquired the position as Development Associate at the grassroots community organization, Lower Eastside Girls Club. In the process of student turned artist, she has found the highs and lows of the art form, famed by HBO’s Def Poetry and cult classic Slamnation. It was in the midst of this awakening when Ca!tlin discovered a love for the truth and the word. Welcoming her voice and hunger at the young mere age of nine, Ca!tlin had little understanding of how to extinguish this passion for poetry. It was in 2004, Ca!tlin introduced herself to the stages of New York City and was ambushed, lyrically. Since her induction into the life, she has performed for the literary progressive group Louderarts; alongside Ngoma of the No Strings Band; and on world renowned stage of The Nuyorican Poets Café. With the usage of words, heart Braille and painful lessons of life, Ca!tlin has utilized her experience in anti-racism work, disability advocacy and youth mentoring as a platform on human frailty. Simple heartbreak, social justice and truth have changed the lives of her unsuspecting audiences during Hip Hop Showcases and later filled the pages with hope in her first book of poetry, BRICK/by/BRICK (a collection of 16 poems and some line drawings) available on www.poetcd.com . As Ca!tlin continues to perform throughout the Tri-State area with Symphonics Live and other groundbreaking live art productions, her heart remains intact for the love of her yet to be titled album. This offering of sounds and song will focus on Ca!tlin’s passion: women empowerment and will be released in Spring 2008 as she promises to stain the fabric of those things that taunt the simple beauty of woman, beginning with the intricate structure of a syllable. |
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| CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ, a former social worker and teacher, has done over 100 college and university performances and toured across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa. He is the 2006 Toronto International Poetry Slam Champion and a two-time National Poetry Slam Finalist, as a member of the legendary Nuyorican Poets Café's Slam Team that finished 2nd and with the NYC/louderARTS Slam Team that finished 3rd in the U.S. He co-stars in Spike Lee's number one box office smash hit film "Inside Man" (Universal Pictures) with a lead role alongside Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, and Clive Owen (www.insideman.net). Most recently, he performed on the sixth season of HBO's "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry." GÓMEZ won a Rocky Mountain Emmy® Award for his starring role in the groundbreaking "Respect Yourself" television spots and appeared on the third season of the popular Showtime series "The L Word." A burgeoning performer in the national spotlight, he is one of the headline acts on the critically acclaimed, MTV-U sponsored Fight Apathy National Tour (www.fightapathy.org). Over the past 6 years, he has shared the stage with a diverse range of well-known musical acts and literary icons, including Wyclef Jean, Amiri Baraka, MC Lyte, Martín Espada, Toots and The Maytals, Immortal Technique, Reel Big Fish, Pete Rock, Saul Williams, and Mos Def |
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| Carrie Gertsman |
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| Carrie Gerstmann is a performance poet and songwriter who teaches us to laugh at the absurdities of male/female gender roles. She is a member of the winston Salem poetry slam team and will represent North Carolina this year during the National Poetry Slam competition in Minneapolis. She has recently completed work on her second album, Extreme of Consciousness, a cosmicomical expedition which integrates poetry with electronic music. Carrie will combine her poetic antics with keyboard, guitar and percussion for an evening of otherworldly fun! Embark, with Carrie on her Shaman journey in the supermarket and in her Church of the Unabashedly Eccentric? and let her remind you that chocolate cake and spirituality always go together. Her publishing credits include The Durham/Kostroma, Russia poets Anthology, and Raising Voices ? Her first album was distributed throughout the eastern US; Ms Gerstmann lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, Michael and their daughter, Natasha. email: carriegerstmann1@yahoo.com |
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| Cheryl Maddalena |
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| Cheryl is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and is one-third of the mighty triumvirate called "sheslam" (with Emily Kagan and Karen Ladson). Check out their venue "Birth of Verse" the first Sunday monthly, the first LOVE-based slam in the Bay and possibly the |
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| Ches Kanno has spent his life among different people, languages, and cultures; having lived in Japan, Europe and all over America, he has evolved into a promoter of multiculturalism and diversity. With a direct and to the point performance style, Kanno covers a diverse range of subject matter - political and social themes, love and comedy. Instrumental in bringing Spoken Word to Pensacola, Kanno, the original founder of the Poets of the Fifth Element and "Speech Therapy" co-host, discovered the Spoken Word scene after stumbling upon the move 'Slam' while in Germany. |
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| Singer, poet and performance artist Christa Bell, the third ranked performance poet in the nation, is a neo pagan feminist who's work is an effort to sanctify the the sexual, religious and political experiences of women by bringing them to the alter of the stage. Christa is currently headlining the WordMedicine 2006 SpokenWord Tour and is the author and composer of Coochie Magic: a SpokenWord Musical Comedy. Through SpokenWord poetry, goddess gospel, and comedic monologues, she reminds her audience of the inherent power and divinity of feminine sexuality while exploring the contradictions of living in a culture that systematically promotes shame, fear and guilt around powerful, self referred women. She is the author of three collections of poetry and the producer of a live EP entitled, WordMedicine. Her Live LP, YoniVerse will be available in the fall 2006. |
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| Cristin Okeefe Apowitz |
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| Born and raised in Philly, Cristin is slammistress and host of Urbana Reading Series and has a chapbook, Dear Future Boyfriend (this is what I sound like). She's a 100% momma's girl, which is why she's dedicating this poem to her dad. "Just cause you ain't got a poem (yet), pops, doesn't mean I don't realize how much you struggled and how much you believed in me against all odds. I love you." |
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| Daniel Allen Vaughn |
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| Dreams, a noturnal emission or a simple daydream can span the realm of unreal to a realistic state of reality. Daniel (Dan) Allen Vaughn, Host, Writer, Poet, and Spoken Word Artist pans that vast space in his first book and CD I Dream. His goal is to write until a blind man can see a parade that isn't there, allow the deaf to hear a song that's never been sung, and create snetiments to felt by the insensitive! Dan Host and featured in various shows in the Milwaukee, WI area as well as Chicago's Touch of the Past, Minneapolis, MN, and Las Vegas NV to name a few. Dan is also apart of the first Milwaukee National Slam Team that competed in the 2002 National Slam competition. |
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| Darian Dauchan is an accomplished solo performer and actor who has appeared on both Broadway(Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche) and Off Broadway theatre(Jean Cocteu Rep., Classical Theatre of Harlem) who has embraced the art of Spoken Word and within his first three months had won slams at all three major poetry venues in New York City which include the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, and Bar 13. In addition he has competed as a semifinalist in all three venues, was a member of the 2006 Nuyorican Poetry Slam Team, and was crowned the Grand Slam Champion for the Urbana Slam Team which ranked 6th in the nation at the 2007 National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX. Darian Dauchan(Live): The Big Apple Recordings marks his first spoken word album. In addition he has toured performing his poetry across the country, and can currently be seen on the show Bet the House on Nickelodeon as "Darian the Sound FX Guy". To join Darian's mailing list of upcoming shows and events email: darianperforms@gmail.com |
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| Dasha Kelly has been writing in one form or another for 15 years. As a fiction writer, her first novel, titled All Fall Down, was published in 2003 and earned her a place on Written Word Magazine's "Top 10 Up and Coming Writers of the Midwest." As a freelance writer, Dasha has contributed to Upscale, Black Enterprise, Todays Black Woman, and Milwaukee magazines, among others. She's also been commissioned to create an essay for DefPoetryJam.com. As a performance artist, Dasha performs around the country as a performance poet and workshop facilitator. She has opened concerts for neo-soul vocalist Angie Stone and comedian Tommy Davidson. Dasha is also featured on poet Malik Yusef's CD. As an advocate, Dasha is the local coordinator for Poetry Slam Inc. Her venue, Mecca, is the city's longest-running urban open mic, and universally hailed as the home and breeding ground for new voices. Milwaukee-born, Dasha is a self-described Army brat, growing up around the world. She now resides in Milwaukee with her husband, Kendall, and their two young daughters. |
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| Twice published writer, poet and performer first took 2 the stage in 1995 at Night and Day (Mcr) cafe reciting spoken word. Since then continuing performances have led 2 numerous and varied opportunities 2 take creative writing in2 schools, colleges, prisons, smokey bars and well known established venues, with appearances also on radio and tv. Also an active member of Manchester's finest live, variety entertainment night...SPEAKEASY, which takes place every 3 months-ish @ the Green Room theatre (greenroomarts.org) Manchester . |
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| Founder of Up From The Roots, this author, poet and performer lives in Toronto, Canada. |
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| Ed Mabrey lives in Columbus, Ohio and has been performing and slamming for several years. He has performed on the individual finals stage at a National Poetry Slam, he's a two time National Haiku Slam Champion, has appeared in several anthologies and dvd's, and took 2nd place in the 2004 Individual World Poetry Slam. |
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| Eitan Kadosh |
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| Eitan Kadosh has been tearing a hole through the slam nation for the last six years with impassioned verse and frenetic performances. The San Francisco Bay Guardian calls him "a burning, bomb-ass word spinner." In 1999, he won the National Poetry Slam, as part of the San Francisco team. More recently, he was a co-founder of both Wordcore and the Bullhorn Collective, two groundbreaking D.I.Y. performance troupes touring colleges nationwide. He holds a degree from UC Berkeley in "Spoken Word and Poetry in Performance" and is featured in the book, "Slam: The Competitve Art of Performance Poetry," (Manic D Press). He recently filmed segments for both HBO's "Def Poetry Jam," and BET's "The Way We Do It." He is also the creator of "Too Neurotic! (A One-Jew Show About love, Labor, and Jewish Summer Camp)" |
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| Emily Kagan started performing poetry one year ago when a friend of hers dragged her to the Berkeley slam. Since then Emily has made her mark on the Bay Area poetry scene, competing on the UC Berkeley collegiate slam team (national champions 2001) and the San Francisco slam team (top 10 at the National Slam competition.) She has self published a book of her own poetry, "Duct Taping Halos To My Head", and is currently working on a CD. Emily is on of the co-founders of SheSlam, a women's poetry collective in the Bay Area dedicated to promoting and supporting new poets. She hosts a monthly poetry reading called Birth of Verse in the heart of Oakland as well as a slam twice a month on the UC Berkeley Campus. Teasingly referred to as "the Rock Star" by her friends, Emily takes an in-your-face approach to poetry, striving to always keep her work grounded, contemporary and for the people. |
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| feedBACK is a pan-Asian, New York City based performance poetry troupe whose eight poets, one musician, and one activist speak the words needed to be spoken to intiate dialogue and give voice to new chapters of consciousness. Threaded with elements of hip hop to han, lumpia to 'a little bit louder', salsa to Sunnyside, their eclectic language is a voice of resistance against the misconceptions that bind Asian America. They have helped to create (re)collection, an open mic series sponsored by The Asian American Writers' Workshop that provides an "open space to recollect the spirits and stories of Asian Pacific America." feedBACK is: Tim Arevalo | Chia-Ti Chiu | Julie Hyun Jung Hwang Kai Bhyul Ma | Ishle Yi Park | Beau Sia Taiyo Takeda Ebato | F. Omar Telan | Mas Yamagata Nancy Yap | Helen Yum |
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| Felice is a Gemini and Prince fan. Former Slammistress & host of the Friday Night Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Café and has performed her own work at the Apollo Theater, Rikers Island and various universities throughout the country. She teaches poetry to elementary school children in Flushing, Queens. She loves her parents and cheesecake more than most things. |
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| Freedom To Speak Anthology The first ever collection of poems from a National Poetry Slam. Freedom To Speak, National Poetry Slam 2002 has arrived. This book and CD combo is well worth its price. Produced in cooperation with Poetry Slam, Inc., this is the definitive guide to contemporary spoken word and the way the world Slams. Edited by Scott Woods with assistance by Debora Marsh and Patricia Smith, this collection holds twenty-three audio poems on the CD and fifty poems in print. Poems by the best spoken word artists on the planet including Sekou The Misfit, Corbet Dean, Gina Loring, Taylor Mali, Shappy, Rives, Lucy Anderton, Buddy Wakefield, Ted Vaca and a host of others. This is a must-have for your collection. 132 pages, perfect bound, ISBN 1-893972-07-0 |
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| GABRIELA GARCIA MEDINA's Artist Bio INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS: Gabriela Garcia Medina is an international spoken word artist and award winning poet. She has performed at Colleges, Festivals, and Conferences all over the world. From the World Social Forum, Brazil (2004) to Havana Jazz Plaza (2001), her poetry has taken her to places such as South Africa, Cuba, Brazil, Switzerland and all over the United States. Her book "Ink-Scribing Oshun" has been touring Nationally since November 2006. Also in the works is her next book "In the Wake of Oya" due in Spring 07. TELEVISION APPEARANCES: Gabriela has performed her poetry for numerous television stations. Most recent is her national commercial for Dove Oil Cream Body Wash which features her poetry and performance on the ad. Some other noted television appearances are on Local stations KCET Tv, SiTv and some poetry pilot shows for NBC and MTV. Gabriela has also performed several times on KPFK's pacifica radio 90.7FM, and KPFA in San Francisco. NATIONAL COLLEGE CONFERENCES AND FESTIVALS: Nationally, Gabriela Garcia Medina has been invited to participate in Festivals at many prestigious Colleges and Universities. She has performed at the Yale University Peabody Museum for the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Festival (2007); The Annual Malcolm X Festival at Audobon Middle School, The Empowering Womyn of Color Conference at UC Berkeley (2005); The I.E. Hip Hop Theatre Festival at UC Riverside (2005), The Latina Youth Empowerment Conference at Santa Monica Community College (2005, 2006), The MeCha Statewide Conference at Cal State Fullerton (2005), The Social Justice Summit at Cal State Fullerton (2006), Sarah Lawrence University (New York), and all over the country she has been invited to perform for Womyn's History Month, Latino Heritage Month, Human Trafficking Awareness Week, Palestine Awareness week, AIDS Awareness Week, among numerous others. HIGH SCHOOLS AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS-PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS: Gabriela has also been commissioned by national non-profit organizations to facilitate and lead performance workshops at Elementary Schools, Junior Highs and High Schools all over the country. In 2006 she was invited to perform at the Los Angeles Youth Conference sponsored by the Native Children and People's Alliance, hosted at Cal. State LA. She has facilitated spoken word and creative writing as social justice workshops for MALDEF's youth leadership program CREATE, APALC's youth program at Alhambra High School, Cleveland High School's Social Justice Festival. Gabriela was also an invited performer and panelist at the United Teacher's of Los Angeles (UTLA) Conference in March 2006. Gabriela has taught Spoken word as self-empwoerment at ArtShare LA to young womyn of color, and has taught Performance as Self Awareness to the young womyn of color at The Girl Blue Project (2006). She has been a guest artist at The Festival of Philippino Arts and Culture (FPAC), Pilgrim Pine Youth Camp, KMB, and Self Help Graphics and Art in East Los Angeles and she has been invited as a motivational speaker to many youth conferences, graduations, and community functions, to name a few. FILM: She is the lead actress in Smokin' Mirrors Production "Students like Us". A film which addresses the structural and institutional difficulties affecting Latinos in Higher Education (a film which is currently touring prestigious international film festivals). THEATRE: Gabriela was also a member of the Latino Theatre Company Lab for two years, bringing social awareness and quality productions to the Latino/a Community of Los Angeles. Based out of Downtown LA'S Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) and under the mentorship and guidance of legendary Director Jose Luis Valenzuela, she played a part in the re-telling of History/ Herstory from the Latino/a Perspective. COLLECTIVES: Also a founding member of WISE Collective (Womyn Inspiring Spiritual/Social Expression, Gabriela along with 5 other womyn of color lead performances and workshops for young womyn throughout LAUSD schools and Southern California Universities promoting a self sustainable economy through art and community. Also a member of Tribe of the Diasporas, a grassroots collective of artists, teachers, educators and activists using art for social justice. Gabriela was also Managing Director of The Human Writes Project (2004-2007) an organization composed of artists, poets and emccess utilizing the medium of spoken word, poetry and hip hop as a way to advocate social change. And from 2002-2005, Gabriela was Project Director for the Soze Project, an Arts Outreach Project sponsored by UCLA's Community Program's Office and non-profit organization Equal Opportunity Productions, where she worked with 5 th grade students from LAUSD schools providing arts as a tool for self empowerment. CLOTHING LINE: Amidst all this amalgamation of her activism, her teaching, motivational speaking, community advocate, and artist; Gabriela has founded a clothing line, Labor de Amor, as a physical expression through clothing of her instinctual and innate talent to put spirit into wearable art. Her clothing line is inspired by a mixture of the culture of her ancestors and the spirituality of the Orishas mixed with the urban art/hip hop culture that she exists in. Her clothing can be found at select stores some of which are: Blue Chips in Highland Park, LA, Imix Books and Gallery in Eaglerock, LA, Rock Paper Scissors in Oakland, CA and online. COLLEGE BACKGROUND: Gabriela is a graduate of UCLA's School of Theatre Film and Television with a Major in Theatre and a Minor in Chicana/o Studies, merging her classical training with her cultural knowledge and political consciousness to enhance the empowerment potential of her poetry, her performances, her art and her workshops. MOST RECENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS: Some of Gabriela's upcoming projects are the release of her new book "In the Wake of Oya" to be released in Spring of 07; the release of her CD in Winter 07, A National Womyn's Spoken Word Tour, independent film projects, among other still in the works. Gabriela is also working on creating an alternative curriculum for colleges, high schools and universities that use spoken word, hip hop theatre and poetry as a way to redefine history and to advocate for social equality. In the meantime….she continues to uplift through poetry and create community through art. |
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| Originally from the Bronx, he now lives across the Hudson with his wife, Salome and their son on the way, Isaac Daniel. He is the founder and slammaster of the a little bit louder reading series, a contributing writer for "Poets & Writers Magazine" and a co-author of Burning Down the House (Soft Skull Press, 2000). |
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| HKB FiNN aka Andrew Ward is a spoken word artist from the UK, who embodies all the worldly influences that are present in a cosmopolitan city such as London. FiNN's combination of provocative poetry, innovative raps and original music has made him one Hip Hop's most unique artists. His innovative brand of alternative Hip Hop is part Reggae, part West African, part Jazz but is always filled with an elegance and verve rare in Hip Hop. FiNN was the former front man of UK band Katch 22 and has recorded and performed across several genres with various groups and organisations such as: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tunde Jegede Ensemble, Ntoumos, Roots Manuva, Viva Sinfonia, No Jazz, Gunshot, Electro Deluxe and many more. He became a soloist in 1999 and has released four solo albums which have been described as: ViTALiSTiCS ALBUM 2003 "Brave, refreshing and insightful"-New Nation "Poetic lines sparkle" The Times "A scintillating mix of spoken word and rhyme" Vice Magazine "Makes your spine tingle" Muzik Magazine "Thought provoking rhymes" - Blues and Soul "A mesmerizing mix, its truly fantastic." 7 magazine "His sound has progressed" Breakin' Point Magazine. ACOUSTiC AFRO HiP HOP ALBUM 2005: " A masterpiece" OUTSiDE LOOKiNG iN MAGAZiNE "An inspiration to listen to..." UK HiP HOP.COM " Exceptional" THE TiMES "This is music from that 'next level' many rapper claim to be striving to attain" MOJO MAGAZiNE "Well crafted, earthy, rootsy, an atmospheric gem" RAPNEWS.CO.UK "Beautiful arrangements and Thoroughly refreshing" NiCK LUSCOMBE, XFM RADiO "Urban Album of the month - July 2005 & Urban album of the year 2005" MOJO MAGAZiNE In 2004 his flair for musical innovation led to him being awarded an honorary Masters in music law by the University of East London for his contribution to contemporary music. In 2005 FiNN replaced his DJ with guitarist Derek Johnson and the two have been touring and performing as a duet. With FiNN on Vocals/Percussion and Derek on Electric and Acoustic Guitars, together they produce a sound which combines Blues, Hip Hop and Afro-Reggae which has been taking the UK performance circuit by storm This year HKB FiNN & The Drovers Street Band return with their most potent album to date. The Blu-Dub led recording has a dazzling array of beautiful musical moments ranging from Jazz to Afro-Soul which are the crowning elements of SPOKEN HERBS. Why not judge for yourself and test drive a track or two? |
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| This soul-sista has more than just a sexy voice. Her creativity for song writing and fine-tuned ear for producing gives her an edge of saying exactly what she wants to with her music. Want a taste? Check out "I Like It" or "Cool People" and chill out. |
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| Ishle Yi Park is the Poet Laureate of Queens, New York. She has performed her unique blend of poetry & song across the United States, Cuba, New Zealand, Singapore, and Korea. Ishle's first book, The Temperature of This Water, is the winner of 3 awards: the Pen America Award for Outstanding Writers of Color, the Asian American Literary Awards' Members' Choice Award, and Honorable Mention for Poetry for the Association of Asian American Studies. It was also the best-selling book of the Asian American Writers' Workshop for 2004-2005. It is currently in its second printing. Ishle's CD, entitled Work is Love, includes tracks with Korean traditional drums, Spanish guitar, beatboxing, and music produced by Japan's critically acclaimed DJ Honda. Ishle has opened for artists such as KRS-One, Ben Harper, De La Soul, and Saul Williams. The New York Times said, "Ishle has the face of an angel and the soul of a rock star." |
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| My name is Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo and I'm a Nigerian-American poet/singer residing in Boston,MA. I'm a Winner of a 2006 New England Urban Music Award for Best Female Spoke-Word Poet and a "Performance Poet of the Year" and "Slam Poet of the Year" for the 2003 Cambridge Poetry Awards. I initially gained national attention at the National Poetry Slam. For the past 5 years I've been a strong member of the Boston Slam Team 2000-2005, not so bad....mostly good....... I was also a member of the wonderful group "Blackout Boston" the original crew that focused on the forceful pushes of courage that kept us standing, fighting, loving, and living for MORE... As a member of the 2000 Boston Slam Team, I won fourth place overall in the individual competition. I've had the oppportunity to open up for numerous artist such as Gil Scot Heron with the Jeff Robinson Trio and Vivian Green. Be Real....Find You...Sleep Deeply...Move People...Wake up refreshed and ready to LOVE.... ....The silent chants that wash away the pain we should never have to know so well...... I've been featured at the House of Blues in Boston (when it WAS there), the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, the Embassy, and Avalon where I opened up for the hip-hop/soul recording artist Musiq Soulchild. I've been showcased in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam airing on HBO and was a highlight on the late night CBS hip hop show The SOURCE ALL ACCESS. Meanwhile life goes on---I live my life like we all try and do... Exhistance with the quite patience of constantly building thicker skin. The waiting. The waiting. the waiting |
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| I AM A POET, PAINTER, MURALIST, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, VOICE OVER ARTIST. LOVE ME LOVE MY ART. People often ask how long I've been writing, performing and painting (yes, I'm also a visual artist.) My answer varies, but the truth is that I don't remember not doing these things. I brought them with me. Like many artists, I performed in the church, Easter speeches, Sunday evening service "short talks," and any other time I could get on the microphone at St. Mark Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA. I spent my childhood and teenage years writing stories. Then late in high school to my early twenties I fell in love with Nikki Giovanni's work and was inspired to find my own poetic voice. I began performing at a bookstore in Long Bech called Uhura Sassa where I, along with about ten to twelve other "too black too strongers" "dropped science" on Tuesday nights. (Oh, the days!) From there I began performing at The World Stage in Leimert Park, a central Los Angeles black art scene no artist in Southern California worth her salt could resist. "The Stage," founded by drummer Billy Higgins and poet Kamau Daaood, became church for me. I dropped three dollars in the bucket, took my seat, spit my piece and was saved! For real. On any given week the poets would, and still do, amaze me with their respect for the venue's "NO BULLSHIT" rule. No bullshit. In 1996, "Journey" was born. "Journey" was my one-woman show where I performed poetry, told stories, shared secrets, gave myself and let God be God through me. The show stared in a coffee shop in Long Beach, then made way to Karibu, a coffee shop/vibe spot in Inglewood, then in 2000, The Lucy Florence Coffee Shop in Leimert Park. During this time I was growing so much as a performer, I had so much inside of me, "Journey" wasn't really a choice. It had to come out. Ryan Cross, a most fabulous entertainer on the upright bass "Journeyed" with me from the start at Lucy Florence throughout southern and northern California hot spots, to Seattle, New York and back to Los Angeles. During this time we recorded a cd called of course JOURNEY, produced by Bili Redd. The cd is a raw blend of spoken word and music. Then later I came out with another cd, UNMASKED, produced by George R. McDonald (I can't wait until all the world knows his poetic voice.) UNMASKED is a live project with me in front of audiences around Los Angeles where I am poetic, funny, silly, serious, sane, insane. So here's where I mention the third cd, G FAT BLUES, with me, Ryan Cross on bass and Joshua Silverstein beat boxin his head off. The producer of that project will remain nameless because she skipped town with the masters. You live and you learn. By the way, I forgive you Nameless, wherever you are. In addition to art and poetry, I am a voice over artist. I was a regular on the radio soap opera "It's Your World" where I played the character Janet Sharp. I am currently on the radio soap opera "What's Poppin'" where I play Trina. If you're in one of the many cities where the shows are airing, please keep listening and telling us how much you dig the shows. |
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| Jamie Kennedy is a 24 year old performer who hails from the city of Vallejo. He exploded onto the slam scene in 99, making it on the Oakland Slam Team which took 3rd at the National Slam Team in Chicago and h |