6 Music's Way With Words: Patti Smith, Mike Skinner and John Cooper Clarke
Craig celebrates National Poetry Day with a raft of special guests including Patti Smith, Mike Skinner and John Cooper Clarke. Stay tuned for a very special session, too!
Craig celebrates National Poetry Day with a feast of words, rhymes and tunes.
Special guests include Mike Skinner of The Streets, punk poets Patti Smith and John Cooper Clarke, Florence Shaw of Dry Cleaning and Antony Szmierek.
Craig performs some of his own work alongside J. Willgoose Esq of Public Service Broadcasting, who has composed some bespoke pieces of music to celebrate the day.
In the Class of 2022: UK Slam Poetry Champion John Berkavitch shares his experiences of performing at festivals all over the world. He will perform his piece: ‘Short List of Things You Already Know’, which he also performed for Benjamin Zephaniah’s show ‘Life & Rhymes’.
Finally, in Pass the Prose: Craig reads out the ‘Sonnet for 6’, composed by 6 Music listeners across the week.
It's a veritable feast of voices, celebrating 6 Music's Way With Words.
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Music Played
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Janelle Monáe
Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
- CD SINGLE.
- Bad Boy.
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Loyle Carner
Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)
- EMI.
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Bob Dylan
All Along The Watchtower
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SPRINTS
Literary Mind
- Nice Swan.
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Public Service Broadcasting
Night Mail
- Test Card Recordings ‎.
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Greentea Peng
Hu Man
- EMI.
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
- Global Television.
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Emily Breeze
Ordinary Life
- Sugar Shack Records.
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The Streets
It's Too Late
- 679 RECORDINGS.
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Broken Bells
Saturdays
- AWAL.
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Emily Dickinson
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
- Emily Dickinson - The Poetry.
- Portable Poetry.
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Stevie Wonder
I Wish
- Motown.
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FLOHIO
SPF
- AlphaTone.
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Craig Charles & J.Willgoose Esq.
The Spinner of Years
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Craig Charles & J.Willgoose Esq.
New Life
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Goat
Under No Nation
- Rocket Recordings.
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De La Soul
Say No Go
- Big Life.
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Wet Leg
Chaise Longue
- Domino Record Co.
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Tom Tom Club
Wordy Rappinghood
- Single.
- Island.
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Gabriels
Angels & Queens
- Parlophone.
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Wu-Tang Clan
Gravel Pit
- LOUD.
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Moonchild Sanelly
Yebo Teacher
- Transgressive Records.
Broadcast
- Thu 6 Oct 2022 13:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 6 Music