Rhymes, Rock and Revolution: The Story of Performance Poetry

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Rhymes, Rock & Revolution: The Story of Performance Poetry

12/10/2015

BBC Four - Rhymes, Rock and Revolution: The Story of Performance Poetry

How the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred.

How the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred, a cross-pollination that began in 1965 when Allen Ginsberg stormed the Royal Albert Hall stage.

Is poetry the new rock 'n' roll - or is rock 'n' roll the new poetry? This documentary explores how the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred - a radical cross-pollination that began 50 years ago when Allen Ginsberg stormed the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. In the year when the Beats met The Beatles, the event turned a young generation on to verse - a revolution that shows no sign of slowing down in today's urban music and slam poetry scenes.

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