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6 Music's Way With Words: Patti Smith, Mike Skinner and John Cooper Clarke

Craig celebrates National Poetry Day with a raft of special guests including Patti Smith, Mike Skinner and John Cooper Clarke. Stay tuned for a very special session, too!

Craig celebrates National Poetry Day with a feast of words, rhymes and tunes.

Special guests include Mike Skinner of The Streets, punk poets Patti Smith and John Cooper Clarke, Florence Shaw of Dry Cleaning and Antony Szmierek.

Craig performs some of his own work alongside J. Willgoose Esq of Public Service Broadcasting, who has composed some bespoke pieces of music to celebrate the day.

In the Class of 2022: UK Slam Poetry Champion John Berkavitch shares his experiences of performing at festivals all over the world. He will perform his piece: 鈥楽hort List of Things You Already Know鈥�, which he also performed for Benjamin Zephaniah鈥檚 show 鈥楲ife & Rhymes鈥�.

Finally, in Pass the Prose: Craig reads out the 鈥楽onnet for 6鈥�, composed by 6 Music listeners across the week.

It's a veritable feast of voices, celebrating 6 Music's Way With Words.

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Thu 6 Oct 2022 13:00
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Music Played

  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Bad Boy.

  • Loyle Carner

    Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)

    • EMI.

  • Bob Dylan

    All Along The Watchtower

  • SPRINTS

    Literary Mind

    • Nice Swan.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Night Mail

    • Test Card Recordings 鈥�.

  • Greentea Peng

    Hu Man

    • EMI.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • Global Television.

  • Emily Breeze

    Ordinary Life

    • Sugar Shack Records.

  • The Streets

    It's Too Late

    • 679 RECORDINGS.

  • Broken Bells

    Saturdays

    • AWAL.

  • Emily Dickinson

    Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

    • Emily Dickinson - The Poetry.
    • Portable Poetry.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown.

  • FLOHIO

    SPF

    • AlphaTone.

  • Craig Charles & J.Willgoose Esq.

    The Spinner of Years

  • Craig Charles & J.Willgoose Esq.

    New Life

  • Goat

    Under No Nation

    • Rocket Recordings.

  • De La Soul

    Say No Go

    • Big Life.

  • Wet Leg

    Chaise Longue

    • Domino Record Co.

  • Tom Tom Club

    Wordy Rappinghood

    • Single.
    • Island.

  • Gabriels

    Angels & Queens

    • Parlophone.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • LOUD.

  • Moonchild Sanelly

    Yebo Teacher

    • Transgressive Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Oct 2022 13:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music