Hi, we are LiTTLe MACHiNe and you have found our website.
We make songs out of poems, famous poems: Blake, Shelley, Shakespeare, Larkin etc. Most of our recodings are FREE to download so fill your boots. We’re based in South London and perform regularly at poetry events, happenings and festivals. Check out our show “EPIC!” the story of Poetry…which we are showcasing in Balham S. London on December 1st.
“A poem is a LiTTLe MACHiNe for remembering itself” (Don Paterson).
We are delighted to be playing at Little Episodes’ show at the Prince Albert in Brighton
48 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4ED
Little Episodes continue their monthly residency at the Prince Albert. We’ll be bringing you the usual merriments with live performances from regular Little Episodes’ performers. We’re still putting the final touches to the running order, so check back for regular updates.
+ lots more TBA…
We’ll be offering a limited number of open mic slots for poetry and music on a first come, first served basis. Sign up at 6.30pm.
LE is keen to collaborate with local artists collectives, poets, visual artists, performance artists, comedians, musicians etc for future Brighton Episodes. Please do Contact us!
(18′s and over)
We are delighted to announce that we will be playing at the Wenlock Poetry Festival. on April 15th 2012 at Much Wenlock.
The lovely folk at the Wenlock Fest say…
We are working now to present Wenlock Poetry Festival 2012 – a very special year for Wenlock as it was here that the idea for the modern Olympics was born. The dates are 13th – 15th April 2012 and we do hope you will join us for another marvellous festival of words, music, and creativity.
Programme planning for WPF 2012 is well underway, and we can promise you an exciting line up. Do put the dates in your diary now. Watch this space, follow us on twitter @WenlockPoetry or find us on Facebook.
Have a listen and download our setting of Blake’s poem or read on…
London – Blake
I wander through each chartered street,
We’ll go no more a-roving – Byron
Click the play button to listen, click the little arrow on the right to download, it’s free! So we’ll go no more a-roving – Byron by LiTTle MACHiNe
SO, we’ll go no more a-roving
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Our setting of Larkin’s poem with one of the most famous first lines in English Lit. “They f*ck you up your Mum and Dad” (thanks to Lily Rae for guest vocals), coupled with “High Windows”.
Click ‘play’ to listen… sorry but we are not allowed to offer this one as a free download, nor reproduce the text of the poems. We are allowed to sell it though and you can buy a download from Corporate Records for less than the price of a Gregg’s sausage roll.
Sorry we’re not allowed to reproduce the words of this poem here but Wikipedia has more about William Carlos Williams
Red Wheelbarrow by LiTTle MACHiNe