POET GOES ON THE ROAD AGAINWhitley Bay based poet and publisher Keith Armstrong is heading for Tuebingen, Durham's twin city in South Germany, with singer-songwriter Gary Miller, of the Whisky Priest folk rock band, on Monday 18th Marchwhere they will perform in bars, cafes and schools with Tuebingen poets and musicians.
And a selection of Keith's recent poetry, with that of fellow poet Katrina Porteous, has just been released on a new album in the Czech Republic with settings by Jakub Zahradnik, a composer and keyboard player who Keith first met on an Arts Council funded literary visit to Prague a few years ago.
Literary activist Armstrong is currently working with Newcastle's Mining Institute on a series of projects and events and he is also involved in a jazz and poetry project with North Shields artist Peter Dixon which celebrates the great figures of jazz in a touring display and events programme.
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