Poetry reading and interview at Boogaloo radio's the Existential Blues Show 08 Aug 2017

John Paul Pryor invited me to read some of my poems and pick some of my favourite songs for his weekly radio show, that airs from 5.30pm-7.30pm on Boogaloo Radio.

Althought I've done radio interviews and readings before this was my first live one and it was great fun. My friend and fellow poet Greta Bellamacina also came along and read some of her poems and played some songs that were special to her.

I read Ocean, that I wrote on the 15th February 2016, at the kitchen table. I also read Fifth Circle Of Hell that will be in my third collection. And I spoke for the first time about what that poem means to me, and what inspired it.

My first song was Killing Floor by Howlin' Wolf, it was the first Howlin Wolf song I ever heard when I was 20 and partly for that reason it is one of my favourites. My second song was Francoise Hardy's Je N'Attend Plus Personne, elegant, wistful lyrics juxtaposed against the grinding fuzz box guitar effects.

My friend greta Bellamacina also came along to read some of her poems and played some songs that were special to her, one of which she dedicated to her husband. I loved chatting with John Paul and Greta about life, love, time, the blues and together we all had a good chemistry on air.

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