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Way With Words Special

Two hours of spoken word-infused experimental music for 6 Music's poetry mini season. Captivating and whimsical gems from Ivor Cutler, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Kode 9 and more.

Two hours of spoken word-infused experimental music for 6 Music's poetry mini season. Captivating and whimsical gems from Ivor Cutler, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Kode 9 and more.

On 6th October, 6 Music will be officially celebrating National Poetry Day with special programming across the network titled 6 Music鈥檚 Way With Words.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ken Nordine

    Maroon

  • Neil Ardley

    The Dong With A Luminous Nose

  • Zanelli & Leonard Nimoy

    Falling Light

  • Kode9 & The Spaceape

    Nine

  • Tom Waits

    Frank's Wild Years

  • Donovan

    Atlantis

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    Slow train

    Ensemble: Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.
  • Radiohead

    Fitter Happier

  • Brian Eno & Rick Holland

    the airman

  • The Last Poets

    Jazzoetry

  • Nate Scheible

    There's Nothing That Says I Cannot Dream

  • Alabaster dePlume

    Be Nice to People

  • Syd Barrett

    Golden Hair

  • Half Man Half Biscuit

    Footprints

  • Richard Burton

    The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower

  • The Stan Tracey Quartet

    Starless and Bible Black

  • John Betjemen

    Indoor Games New Newbury

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)

  • Hannah Peel & Will Burns

    May 9th

  • Raymond Scott

    Limbo: The Organized Mind (feat. Jim Henson)

  • James Grant

    The Horses

  • The Incidental Crack

    Skin

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Whitey On The Moon

  • Harry Nilsson

    The Town - Narration

  • Wire

    The Other Window

  • Coby Sey

    Mist Through The Bits

  • LYR

    Zodiac T-Shirt

  • Crippled Black Phoenix

    The Northern Cobbler

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Oct 2022 20:00