Buddy Holly meets Nico meets Bo Diddley meets Deborah Evans-Stickland rapping to the metamorphosical rhythms of Old Man Ovid with a brief lyrical turn from John Otway ...  and really rather groovy....

Alter Ego

A lover intructs his mistress and her husband; a dark tale of wit and subterfuge played against a sinister soundscape echoing in time

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Dryden's translation of Ovid's Amores 2.19

Broadcast in November 2019 as part of a set of two extended tracks for Resonance FM's Hello Goodbye Show, Rushton talks about Ovid, Ovid with Reverb, lines written...while considering Ovid in translation and radiators

Steve Rushton interviewed by Dexter Bentley on Resonance FM

Rushton and Baggaley recorded at Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace

Food Lovers

Ovid's first poem translated by Dryden then updated by Ovid with Reverb and given a pulsing beat that echoes down the corridors of time.

Amores1.1Dryden

An excerpt from Lord Rochester's classic poem a letter from Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country, with drum accompaniment

From Artemisia to Chloe

Ovid with Reverb are a poetry and sound project featuring Steve Rushton on drums and vocals and Lorrain Baggaley on vocals. Formed in 2018 with Sebastian Sterkowicz on bass clarinet and guitar, OwR now regularly have guest performers, gigging in London (Hundred Years Gallery and Resonance FM) and on the Isle of Wight (Studio 97, Ventnor Fringe Festival, Ventnor Exchange and Ventnor Arts Club Dimbola and Babushka Books). They're an extension of Rushton's page poetry, riffing on classical traditions from Ovid to the English Renaissance and Reformation and the Augustan poets and wits of the 18th century, mixing state of the art improvised music with rock and roll beats and metered verse to serve up cocktails guaranteed for eclectic hangovers.

Ovid with Reverb

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