BIRD HEAD SON THE POET: steelband all stars scrunter trinidad

Showing posts with label steelband all stars scrunter trinidad. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 August 2008

Woman on the bass - Trinidad All Stars, Panorama Finals 1980

1980. All Stars playing Scrunter's 'Woman on the bass' with an arrangement by Leon 'Smooth' Edwards. One of the greatest Panorama performances.

Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)

About Me

Anthony Joseph is a Trinidadian born poet, novelist, musician and lecturer. He is the author of three poetry collections: Desafinado (1994), Teragaton (1998) and Bird Head Son (2009). His first novel, The African Origins of UFOs was published in 2006. Joseph performs and tours internationally accompanied by his band The Spasm Band. He has released two critically acclaimed albums with the band; both released to coincide with book publications. His debut album with the band, Leggo de Lion was released in 2007, and featured lyrics taken from his novel The African Origins of UFOs. Bird Head Son followed in 2009, with lyrics from the Bird Head Son collection. Joseph’s third album with the band, Rubber Orchestras will be published alongside his fourth poetry collection of the same name in 2011. He is also a lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was instrumental in the development of the first Creative Writing BA course offered by the University. He lives in London.

BIRD HEAD SON THE POET

Saturday, 30 August 2008

Woman on the bass - Trinidad All Stars, Panorama Finals 1980

About Me

LINKS

Blog Archive

Rubber Orchestras

Bird Head Son

Bird Head Son

Leggo De Lion

The African Origins of UFOs