1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Steve Taylor is a gorgeous singer, delicate poet, thorough and criticly-informed ethnomusicologist. He's a member of the Fugs, and he was Allen Ginsberg's principal accompanist for several decades.
This piece is from Naropa University Archive's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics collection.
Allen Ginsberg founded the Kerouac School, a writing program, in 1974, and for 30 years he brought a group of counter culture writers, artists and thinkers to Boulder for a Summer Program. Naropa's Audio Archive is digitizing 2000 hours of readings, lectures and panel discussions, several hundred hours of which is available for free at www.archive.org. Click through 'audio' to 'naropa' and browse.
Much of Taylor's work is social commentary responding to current political conditions. Listen to this piece, and be assured that more will be posted soon. Taylor's anti-war work is available on Thurston Moore's protest web label, as well.
The piece has never been broadcast - you will be among the first to make this rare recording available to listeners.
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Steve Taylor is a gorgeous singer, delicate poet, thorough and criticly-informed ethnomusicologist. He's a member of the Fugs, and he was Allen Ginsberg's principal accompanist for several decades. This piece is from Naropa University Archive's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics collection. Allen Ginsberg founded the Kerouac School, a writing program, in 1974, and for 30 years he brought a group of counter culture writers, artists and thinkers to Boulder for a Summer Program. Naropa's Audio Archive is digitizing 2000 hours of readings, lectures and panel discussions, several hundred hours of which is available for free at www.archive.org. Click through 'audio' to 'naropa' and browse. Much of Taylor's work is social commentary responding to current political conditions. Listen to this piece, and be assured that more will be posted soon. Taylor's anti-war work is available on Thurston Moore's protest web label, as well. The piece has never been broadcast - you will be among the first to make this rare recording available to listeners.
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1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle Review
I keep 2 orbituaries on my wall: Mr. Rogers and Allen Ginsberg. This recording is not for everyone, but if you enjoy a live reading of "Howl" or "America," or own a copy of "Live From the Quilt," this is for you. I would say it reminds me of "Susan has AIDS and cookies," but I don't want to indebt myself to my Vox Humana professor like that. Beautiful voice on this Taylor man. I wish I had heard of him before becuase he reminds me so much of Ian of Ian and Sylvia. By the way if you have any listenable recordings of Ian and Sylvia, please contact me.