Please login or sign up to post and edit reviews.
Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs - Publication Date |
- Feb 16, 2016
- Episode Duration |
- 00:28:04
Michael Rosen & Laura Wright hear about Mouthpiece, a project in which composer Jennifer Bell has been given access to interview people from the Speaker to the barista about their working lives in the Houses of Parliament. She's then created songs from their words to show the human side of life there, and to reflect on the ways in which Parliament voices the country.
There is a tradition of using verbatim speech in music, and Michael compares Jennifer's work to the Radio Ballads of Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker, in particular Singing The Fishing.
Producer Beth O'Dea
More information about Jennifer Bell's work can be found on her website,
www.jenniferbellcompany.com.
This episode could use a review!
This episode could use a review! Have anything to say about it? Share your thoughts using the button below.
Submit Review