Sound Obsession

A NY Poem: Spoken Word & Proto-Rap

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120 minsFirst aired 16 May 2017
Artwork by Nick Taylor

Kirk Degiorgio picks urban love letters, poetic pamphlets and wordy rapping by The Last Poets, James Brown, Eden Ahbez, Sun Ra and more.

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