The first 16 poems in Alistair Noon's 64-poem cycle QUAD (Longbarrow Press, 2017). Recorded in Sheffield, 8 May 2017. QUAD is available here: https://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/alistair-noon/

QUAD (the first quarter) Alistair Noon

Recorded around and along the River Don, Sheffield, 28 September 2008. This sequence was issued as a limited 3" CD and given away to the audience for the poetry walk led by Matthew Clegg and Chris Jones on 1 November 2008. The walk began at Blonk Street NCP and followed the River Don north (with several detours and interruptions) for an hour-and-a-half before finishing in Neepsend. Poems featured: 'Wicker', 'The Factory', 'Kingfishers', 'Drift', 'Neepsend', 'Dun', 'Bridges', 'East' and 'Otter Cliff' by Chris Jones'; Watchers', 'Sirens', 'Attercliffe' and 'Edgelands' (extracts) by Matthew Clegg.

The river, the road (by Matthew Clegg and Chris Jones)

Recorded in several locations in and around Sheffield city centre, Sunday 13 September 2009. This sequence was issued as a limited 3" CD and presented to the audience for the poetry walk led by Andrew Hirst and Chris Jones on 17 October 2009. The walk began at the main train station in Sheffield (with readings in the goods yard), continuing to Brown Street (via a stepped passageway) for a further reading, on to a semi-enclosed space adjacent to FirstPoint (near Norfolk Street) for the third reading, through the Winter Gardens and into Upper Chapel courtyard for the fourth reading, past Sheffield Cathedral and down a side street for the fifth reading, and through a series of narrow passageways opening into Paradise Square for the final reading (where the poets were accompanied by the musician Kerry McMullen on violin). You can listen to a live recording of the walk's final movement at http://soundcloud.com/longbarrow-press/sideways-familiar-by-andrew.  

Sideways & Familiar (Andrew Hirst and Chris Jones)

Andrew Hirst discusses the poems in his triptych 'Hello Dolly'. A robust defence of Hirst's aesthetic, animated by his uncompromising views on Robert Browning, Patty Hearst and Teddy Kennedy; politics and poetics; and the (mis)management of culture. All poem-excerpts from Hirst's 'Chappaquiddick, 1980' (the second poem in 'Hello Dolly'). Recorded in Sheffield, 26 June 2012. Edited by Brian Lewis. 'Hello Dolly' (comprising 3 pamphlets and a 3"CD in a hand-crafted envelope) is available here: http://longbarrowpress.com/current-publications/andrew-hirst/

Andrew Hirst: Hello Dolly

The third part (or 'movement') of 'Winter Songs', an evening of readings given by Longbarrow Press poets at The Fat Cat, Sheffield, Sunday 20 January. 
Poems in order of appearance: Journey of the Magi – TS Eliot (read by Chris Jones);  St Hilary’s Exile - Angelina Ayers; Welund’s Lament - Andrew Hirst; There’s a certain slant of light… - Emily Dickinson (read by Angelina Ayers); Out Far and In Deep - Matthew Clegg ; Night Song of the Personal Shadow – Gyorgy Petri (read by Andrew Hirst) ; Impasse - Fay Musselwhite; Ovidian – Peter Reading (read by Matthew Clegg).

Winter Songs: Part Three ('Journey and Exile')

An edited version of the discussion led by artist Paul Evans and poet Chris Jones to mark the opening of their new exhibition, 'The Spirit is a Bone', at Derby Museum and Art Gallery on 25 May 2013. The exhibition comprises new drawings and poems based on the various natural history specimens sited at the Museum, and runs until May 2014. Recorded and edited by Brian Lewis.

The Spirit is a Bone (Paul Evans and Chris Jones)

Longbarrow Press records poets in performance and on location. This page will focus on extended sequences, often compiled from recordings made in more than one location and featuring two or more poets, which have developed as part of Longbarrow's programme of poetry walks. See also http://soundcloud.com/longbarrow-press, http://soundcloud.com/west-north-east and http://soundcloud.com/the-footing for recordings of poems by Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Matthew Clegg, Kelvin Corcoran, Mark Goodwin, Lee Harwood, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones, Fay Musselwhite, Alistair Noon and Peter Riley.  

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