Spoken Word

Welcome back to the HeadStuff Podcast News Round-Up were we take a look at what’s happening in the world of podcasting and give you a recommendation or two along the way. This week we look at Vox Media's acquisition of Criminal…

Dundalk native Video Blue (Jim O'Donoghue Martin) is back with a new record, Night Painting. Arriving at the tail end of 2019, the album comes two years after his debut full-length release, Love Scenes. Recorded in studios around London,…

Ivor Lane, a solo indie act from Chicago, has teased out a challenging listen in the form of lead single, ‘I Wait Too Long’, generating much online buzz. The follow-up EP, Postplay, is an eclectic mix of songs, with an isolated and ethereal…

3 Little Words By Sarah Richardson https://youtu.be/sB1csABEIhkhttp:// Submissions are open for all HeadStuff poetry categories, including Poem of The Week (Every Friday), Unbound (longer sequence of poems from a single…

In this episode of Sparking Change, we are joined by the effervescent Yemi Azamosa – spoken word artist, activist and charismatic human – about her upcoming show The Mouth of a Shark, and the experience of queer migrants in Ireland. Yemi is…

Transatlantic Love By Yasmina Silva https://soundcloud.com/user-773249019/transatlantic-love-story-by-yasmina-silva Submissions are open for all HeadStuff poetry categories, including Poem of The Week (Every Friday), Unbound…

Colm Keegan is a writer and performance poet from Dublin, Ireland. Since 2005, he has been shortlisted  four times for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, for both poetry and fiction and won the All Ireland Poetry Slam in 2010. …

Oisin Mckenna is a London and Dublin based writer and performer, working in poetry, theatre and film. He makes queer performances about Ireland, pop culture and politics. His most recent play Gays Against the Free State! (Dublin Fringe…

The Sadness Factory By Anne Gill This continues our coverage of UniSlam 2018, with a poem from the winning team, University of Birmingham. Look out for an interview with the winning team in the coming days. https://youtu.be/Ys7iqqau_-E…

Every year poetry slam teams from universities all over the UK, and Ireland battle it out to win the prestigious UniSlam trophy. This week HeadStuff.org looks at all things UniSlam 2018. Today we showcase three of the best talents from this…