About this event
AMP Concerts LLC is proud to bring back FlowPoetry to the 419 to share his art & gifts with us all. $10 pre-sale or $15 at the Door the day of the show!!!
FlowPoetry is the originator of Lyrical Jam Poetry. Musically inflected spoken word poetry that is performative, sophisticated and gripping. Primarily solo but at times in collaboration with musicians and other vocalists. At home in genres ranging from spoken word to jazz to blues and jam rock, he is one of the most versatile and creative performers currently touring in the US. This is poetry that will entertain, inspire, and provoke the imagination.
With over 1600 shows in the USA with bands and as a solo poet, FlowPoetry has been honored as a finalist for the MNSWA "Urban Griot" International/National Performer of the year alongside Leonard Cohen and Saul Williams. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, FlowPoetry was voted by the city as one of Madison (Wisconsin) Magazine's Best Spoken Word/Poetry Performers. He is a three-time finalist for Best Artist in the Annual Madison WI Area Music Awards. He has been awarded two Dane County Arts Grants for his work. He has performed in almost every state in the Union from New York to Florida to California to Texas.
“Deeply beautiful”—Relix Magazine
"FlowPoetry continues to astound! Prolific, multi-talented, and transformational. Beautifully crafted poetry…brilliant!" – Sensible Reason (Brooklyn, NY)
“A lyrical rollercoaster!” – Grateful Web
“Legendary spoken word artist” - Madison(dot)com
"FlowPoetry's verses find the right rhythm and pitch for every approach (and) he reads them with an ease that lets the music sing. … makes the relationship between words and music feel new again. Carves out a tribal, ambient, dreamy vibe.... " - The Isthmus Weekly (Madison, WI)
"Courageous and organically fused…honest and holds the mood of a Shaman performing cleansing rituals." - Local Playlist (Milwaukee, WI)
"FlowPoetry is one of the most unique and riveting performers on the Midwestern musical and artistic landscape. On the cutting edge of the nationwide expansion of new forms of spoken word.... unique, theatrical and musical." - DeKalb Chronicle (DeKalb, IL)
"...very chill yet gripping. On a mission to bridge the gap between poetry and music and does so.... ...some hip jive, Cat Daddy." - Gapers Block Presents: Transmission (Chicago, IL)
"These are no frail photocopy-folk poems, but rather legends and tales drawn from a deep well of historical experience; stories that place the listener into the leather boots of the prospectors and drifters they depict. When you hear poetry created by an American ghost, it gets you to your bones." -Emmie Music Magazine (UW-Madison, Madison, WI)
“’Original only begins the discussion. Truly exotic and one-of-a-kind!” –Homegrown Music Network
“Truly psychedelic poetry!” George Walker (Original Merry Prankster on the Furthur Bus with Ken Kesey and Neal Cassady)
