2008•07•04 ~ Canwrite! 2008
The Raving Poets Band, a little group I’ve been involved with over the past eight years, played at the Canadian Authors’ Association National Conference (Canwrite! 2008) last night, at the University of Alberta campus. We backed up about 25 writers/poets/spoken-word performers in a thoroughly rewarding evening for me. The music veered away from cliché, for the most part, and the readers represented a great mix of voices. Special thanks to Kathy Fisher for organizing, Bassist Mark Kozub, percussionist Gordon McRae, and sitting in on guitar, Mysterio.
Tomorrow (Saturday), I’m presenting a session with my friend Michael Gravel on “writers who blog,” at 1 p.m.
Tonight, I’m introducing the Spoken Word Youth Choir at the same conference.