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Nursery Rhymes

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Released: Oct 20, 2006

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Genre: A'cappella / Hip Hop / Jazz
Location Manchester, UK
Profile Views: 26577
Last Login: 3/11/2012
Member Since 8/5/2006
Website http://changingcycles.blogspot.com
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Bio
.. .. .. Ben is an award-winning slam poet (BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion 2009), and a writer, performer and educator who has performed at theatres and festivals nationally and internationally and has had his work published by Corporate Watch and Route. He performed his first solo show, Voices of Dissent, in 2008 and is currently preparing to tour the piece nationally by bicycle. Ben is also a founder member of new spoken-word/hip hop theatre collective, Pen-ultimate, who are currently developing their first full length show, A Night on the Tiles, premiering February '10. In 2008 he was poet-in-residence at Commonword, as a result of winning the Dike Omeje Slam Poetry Award.
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Just me, myself and whoever I'm performing with. Check out Current Affairs for the jazz line up though.
Influences
In no particular order: Gil Scott Heron, Sarah Jones, Saul Williams, Sage Francis, De La Soul, Rage Against the Machine, Lemn Sissay, Dike Omeje, Augusto Boal, Paulo Freire, Ursula Rucker, Taylor Mali, Mos Def, Henry Bowers, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Mark Thomas, Bill Hicks, Roots Manuva, Bob Marley, Bobby McFerrin, George Monbiot, John Pilger, Chris Morris, Braintax, MC Dynamite, Coldcut, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Baba Israel, Will Power, Danny Hoch, Mahogany Browne, Eminem, The Roots, Jehst, Jill Scott, Killa Kela, The Kleptones, Noam Chomsky, Skinnyman, Soweto Kinch, The Streets, Yungun, the list goes on...
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Television Will Not Be Revolutionised

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Bio:

.. Ben is an award-winning slam poet (BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion 2009), and a writer, performer and educator who has performed at theatres and festivals nationally and internationally and has had his work published by Corporate Watch and Route. He performed his first solo show, Voices of Dissent, in 2008 and is currently preparing to tour the piece nationally by bicycle. Ben is also a founder member of new spoken-word/hip hop theatre collective, Pen-ultimate, who are currently developing their first full length show, A Night on the Tiles, premiering February '10. In 2008 he was poet-in-residence at Commonword, as a result of winning the Dike Omeje Slam Poetry Award.

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August 05, 2006

Members:

Just me, myself and whoever I'm performing with. Check out Current Affairs for the jazz line up though.

Influences:

In no particular order: Gil Scott Heron, Sarah Jones, Saul Williams, Sage Francis, De La Soul, Rage Against the Machine, Lemn Sissay, Dike Omeje, Augusto Boal, Paulo Freire, Ursula Rucker, Taylor Mali, Mos Def, Henry Bowers, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Mark Thomas, Bill Hicks, Roots Manuva, Bob Marley, Bobby McFerrin, George Monbiot, John Pilger, Chris Morris, Braintax, MC Dynamite, Coldcut, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Baba Israel, Will Power, Danny Hoch, Mahogany Browne, Eminem, The Roots, Jehst, Jill Scott, Killa Kela, The Kleptones, Noam Chomsky, Skinnyman, Soweto Kinch, The Streets, Yungun, the list goes on...