The Albany Poets Podcast features interviews with poets and spoken word artists and recordings of readings, open mics, slams, poetry events in Upstate New York and Western Massachusetts.
Mike Jurkovic recently read at Half Moon Books in Kingston, NY along with other upstate poets. Here is the audio from that event.
New Audio – Mike Jurkovic at Half Moon Books – July 26, 2014 Read More »
Here is Throwback Thursday (#tbt) Audio of poet Billy Stanley reading at the Poets Speak Loud open mic on Monday, March 27, 2006.
Throwback Audio – Billy Stanley at Poets Speak Loud – March 27, 2006 Read More »
Cheryl A. Rice recently read at Half Moon Books in Kingston, NY along with other upstate poets. Here is the audio from that event.
New Audio – Cheryl A. Rice at Half Moon Books – July 26, 2014 Read More »
Yesterday we released the brand new, five track, album featuring the Team Nitty Gritty members D. Colin, Elizag, Alorhythm, and ILLiptical titled”Ten Point Zero“. This album is available as a digital download via Bandcamp and only costs $5.00. If you have not yet had the opportunity to hear the team perform, this is your chance to sample
Ten Point Zero: The Poetry of the Nitty Gritty Slam Read More »
Soon after the re-organization of Albany Poets in late-2003 when more people started getting involved and helping with projects, we released the CD, Didn’t I Hear You Read?. This was a great CD that represented some of the diversity of the local poetry community at the time as well as giving the incredilbty talented Leo (Mr. Gone) a way to
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On September 6, 2011 Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and the Frequency North Reading Series teamed up for the first Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines. The show started with an open mic hosted by Mojavi with poets Poetyc Vyzonz, Stephen Leslie, Elizag, Michelle Bula, Bless, and Dan Rain all sharing their work. Then slammaster Dain
New Audio – Nitty Gritty Slam, September 6, 2011 Read More »
We have been going through the archives here at Albany Poets HQ and came across this great CD, Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live, from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita’s, and Borders. The poets on this
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This was one of the last Albany Poets Presents open mics at Valentines before handing everything over to make room for the Nitty Gritty Slam. The open mic featured poetry from Dan Wilcox, Illiptical, Mojavi, Dain Brammage, Ben Golden, new poet Jessica Fisher-Smith, and another new(ish) poet to the scene Nadi Morsch. This was a
New Audio – Albany Poets Presents, July 5, 2011 Read More »
Poetyc Vyzonz was the featured poet at the August 2011 edition of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s. During his set he called up a few of the other poets in the crowd to perform a cypher. The open mic portions of the evening saw Dan Wilcox, Joe Krausman, Carolee Sherwood, Adrena, Todd Fabozzi, Ben, Kevin
New Audio – Poets Speak Loud, August 29, 2011 Read More »
Bless was the featured poet for the July edition of Poets Speak Loud. He performed a couple of his pieces and then handed the mic to a new poet to the area, Ben Golden. Before and after there was an open mic with local poets Dan Wilcox, Dain Brammage, Todd Fabozzi, Tess Lecuyer, Jessica Fisher-Smith,
New Audio – Poets Speak Loud, July 25, 2011 Read More »
We just posted some new podcasts to the site for everyone to download and take a listen to. Go to www.albanypoets.com/audio to download the mp3’s or listen using the player on the page. These podcasts were recorded at the Poets Speak Loud 5th Anniversary Open Mic / Tom Nattell Tribute reading on January 25, 2010
New Albany Poets Podcasts – January 2010 Poets Speak Loud Read More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
