The first of a short series in which musicians discuss their favourite works of literature – Andy Bothwell (aka Astronautalis) on Mark Helprin’s A Soldier of the Great War.
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Ahead of his appearance at the Latitude Festival, Litro talks to one of the hottest names on London’s spoken word scene.
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“I remember turning on the radio and hearing the DJ, one of those brash types who boom their voices across the airwaves. But he sounded confused, vulnerable… After a while ...
In the last of her articles on the relationship between music and poetry, Clémence Sebag looks at how the spoken word draws on musical influences.
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Should song lyrics ever be called poems? Clémence Sebag explores the murky world of musicians who claim poet status.
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Sean Beaudoin chooses a dozen albums from his punk rock novel Wise Young Fool and pairs each, like a fine wine or craft cocktail, with a perfectly suited novel. Plus ...
Is Dido lifting her lyrics from Jacques Prévert? Are Bloc Party paying tribute or plagiarising? Clémence Sebag investigates the relationship between pop music and poetry, from Mick Jagger to Metallica ...
With every sequel, with every repetition of form and the creation of tropes, our ability to find a little mystery we can relate to disappears.We begin to know what a ...
No matter how depressed James Blake may get, he’ll never be as depressed as someone who isn’t James Blake. Someone who isn’t world famous. Someone who doesn’t have the attention ...
At that moment, the power was switched off; quite typical of Nigeria, where there has never been a constant power supply. The dining room became dark. I was suspicious of ...
Technology is a wonderful, sometimes baffling thing: nowadays, you can pause live television, store up to 23,700 photos on a tiny memory card and send an email from your mobile ...
In this day and age, when we’re being constantly brainwashed by poppy tunes emanating from every possible audio device, it’s easy to forget that song writing is an art form, ...
Litro‘s experience at the Wilderness Festival:
“Put your hand up if you’re ready to play Frisbee Tree Golf!” Mr. Moore of the Idler Academy is rubbing his hands nervously in anticipation ...
Stoke Newington hosted its second literary festival on Friday 3rd to Sunday 4th of June, a programme of events which has the long term goal of raising awareness and funds for literacy ...
We are pleased to announce the line up for our next Litro Live! event, at the Camden Crawl on the May Bank Holiday weekend. For full details, ...
Where? Abbey Tavern
Date? Saturday, 30 April 2011
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Litro Live! event at Camden Crawl for the second year running! Guests can ...
I used to relax by watching films and reading, and although that does still do it for me a lot of times it can be work. Now I’ve allowed myself ...
Litro Live! Summer Party
Thursday 22nd July
Venue: The Paradise, by way of Kensal Rise
Time: 6pm-12am
After a month of near non-stop sports and intense sunshine, it may be time ...
Litro Live! at the Camden Crawl – click to listen to Ana Silvera perform one of her songs at last Sunday’s Litro ...
A date for all your diaries – next Sunday sees the first Litro Live! event of 2010, at the Camden Crawl. Tickets are available now – ...