Jarvis Cocker Credit: Martijn van de Streek
A series of recitals organised by poet John Kinsella look at the relationship between song lyrics and poetry, inviting renowned musicians to perform their poetry and lyrics without instruments at Cambridge University. Continuing tomorrow with Jarvis Cocker, the events are free and open to all. Poetry - it can feel a bit distant sometimes in 2012, all quills and parchment, out of place with daily life in the digital age. In actual fact, it's absolutely everywhere. The Keats and Byrons of our time pump poetry of love, fury, fear and victory into our brains every day through iPods, radios and TVs the world over - it just tends to be accompanied by music. John Kinsella, maverick poet and Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow at the Faculty of English, has organised a recital series that explores the cross-over between song lyrics and poetry - by inviting some of the best known musicians of the day to give readings of their poetry and song lyrics at the University. Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth kicked of the series at the end of last year, and tomorrow sees Jarvis Cocker, Pulp frontman and national icon, coming to Cambridge to give readings of his song lyrics - starting at 7pm on Wednesday 22February at the Lady Mitchell Hall, on the University's Sidgwick site.
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