Equally at home within the genres of theatre, performance, poetry and music, her name now appears on album covers, poetry books, and billboard hoardings. Kate esther calvert born 22 december 1985 in brockley, south east london, better known by her stage name kate tempest, is an english rapper, poet, spokenword artist and. Nov 12, 2016 kate tempest hold your own glastonbury 2015 duration. She was named a next generation poet by the poetry book society, a. Let them eat chaos, the londoners last album of poetic, narrative hiphop, takes place at 4. Pdf brand new ancients download full pdf book download. It is fitting then, that her individual works blend elements of oral, sonic, visual and written culture. Kate tempest quotes author of the bricks that built the. While others have one foot in the visual arts and one in poetry, kate tempest bridges the. View kate tempest song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. Kate tempests first fulllength collection for picador is an ambitious, multivoiced work based around the mythical figure of tiresias. For more about kate tempests poetry and music, visit her website. Kate tempest works across the shrinking gaps of a steadily converging media industry.
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