Pete Doherty's passion for poetry is often neglected in the tabloid furor over troubles with The Libertines and his struggle with a destructive drug addiction. But the famed Babyshambles' frontman is also a published poet. Doherty's poetry won him the opportunity to work with The British Council in Russia, aged just 16. His work can be found in the underground publications 'Rising Poets' and 'Full Moon Empty Sports Bag', and his book of poems and lyrics is expected to be released later this year.
In an exclusive interview with fellow Bespoken Word-er Salena Saliva Godden, to be broadcast 3rd March, Doherty describes his love of poetry as being inspired by 'words that move you'. He performs Siegfried Sassoon's 'Suicide In The Trenches' accompanying himself on guitar, along with an acoustic version of part of Babyshambles' top-ten single 'Killamangiro'.
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.
Mister Gee is a co-winner of a Sony Gold Award for Radio as the resident poet on the Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, and is the resident poet of the hit West-End musical Into The Hoods.
From humble beginnings as a Hip-Hop DJ, Mister Gee honed his spoken word skills as the host of the renowned performance poetry club Brix-tongue and is now one of the stars of the UK poetry scene. He has performed at the New York Nuyorican Poets Café and the Black Lily night in Philadelphia (home to Jill Scott and the Roots), as well as at the Edinburgh Festival. He runs workshops in schools and his album Poetry in the Key of Gee was released to critical acclaim.