- "The Guild Complex's two-month Musicality of Poetry festival (ironically saddled with the acronym MUPO), is a vital reminder that the best poetry is closer to music than it is to prose. Tonight's installment features percussionist Leddie Garcia (of Poi Dog Pondering) and DJ Mark Grant, who also perform together regularly at Harry's Velvet Room and Mad Bar. Grant beats and rattles and pings his arsenal of rhythm makers while Grant mixes in underground soul and, at this event only, local poets spin bilingual rhymes. The press release promises "a spellbound journey of music and poetry never before experienced"; methinks it could just as easily be a mess, but the suspense alone is appealing. As with most Guild Complex events, agreeing to read during open mike gets you in cheaper." - The 6th annual Musicality of Poetry Festival opens today and runs through February.
Performers
Pleasure Trip, Leddi Garcia, Mark Grant
Tags:
Literary, Music,
American, 1998