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Patrick will be reading at the radical music and spoken word event at Cardiff's Coal Exchange on Saturday September 4th at 5pm. Loads of bands, poets and films.An exciting line up.
www.walessexandanarchy.co.uk.
It has been rumoured that Stephen Green and his merry band of followers at Christian Voice are going to protest/witness at Cardiff's fantastic Mardi Gras celebrations Saturday 4th September.They will be at the gates to Bute Park, North Road from 12 noon.Patrick will be 'witnessing' Christian Voice with his own words. He urges you to do the same and not let bigots spoil this fine day of peace,fun,freedom and expression.
www.cardiffmardigras.co.uk
Patrick's poem "Mountains of Man" is being turned into a dance film by Striking Attitudes. An exciting collaboration between words, movement and music directed by Caroline Lamb supported by The Arts Council of Wales.
more info at www.strikingattitudes.com
Patrick has been given a Research and Development Commission from the newly formed National Theatre of Wales to work on his new play 'The Crusades' that explores the relationship between nationalism, religious hatred and war set against the backdrop of the economic collapse, fear and insecurity of modern britain as played out between a group of normal people living normal lives. It will be his most challenging and provocative play to date.
Patrick is now working on his new cd of poetry and music. To be released late 2010/2011.
"Thoughtful, provocative and challenging, these poems engage and
enrage"
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
“Very strong stuff”
Harold Pinter
“Striking enough to do for Welsh theatre what the
Manics and Stereophonics have done for its music”
The Guardian review of “Everything Must Go”
UPDATE;
Patrick's CD "tongues for a stammering time" is now only £5 with free p & p.
See it in the Shop Section.
Featuring Billy Bragg, Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield, Martyn Joseph, Steve Balsamo, Lethargy, Henry Priestman and many others.
PERFORMANCES
Patrick will be hitting the road this Autumn/Winter for a series of readings/ performances and workshops.
Cardiff 4th September
Coal Exchange 5pm
www.walessexandanarchy.co.uk
Pontardawe 14th September
8pm Pontardawe Arts Centre
Hafan Cymru AGM 17th September
www.hafancymru.co.uk
Ebbw Vale October 1st
Beaufort Theatre 8pm
Haverfordwest Tuesday October 12th 6.30pm
Haverfordwest Library
Mold 26th October
Theatr Clwyd 8pm
Newport 27th October
The Big Read 10 am
Riverfront Theatre
Newport C B Council
LLangollen 27th October 8pm
Llangollen
review from Anarchist Voices
Patrick Jones: Tongues For A Stammering Time
This CD was the complete opposite of what I expected. It doesn’t matter what I expected and it’s not to say that I was disappointed, just that I put the CD into the player perhaps thinking I was going to hear some solo singer-songwriter angst but I was surprised to say the least. Patrick Jones is a poet for those not in the know like me. And a playwright too. And his works are controversial, provocative, expressive and gritty but with a beauty that only someone so good at their craft can achieve. So, what does the CD sound like? Well, it’s not just ‘Spoken Word’. It’s subtle and it’s loud and it’s folky and there’s even some thrash metal in there so don’t expect me to pigeonhole it. The musical soundtracks and scores range from acoustic songs to experimental sounds that not only accompany but capture the brutality and destruction considered so thoughtfully within some of the harsh subject matter. I found some of the listening a challenge, not so much because of the style of music accompanying the poems but because of the unflinching nature of the writing. Violence against men, the war in Iraq and religious fundamentalism are just some of the subjects covered amongst some of the most personal poems that push the boundaries and challenge the listener whilst keeping the intimacy and personal views held to make the listener both think about what they have heard and afterwards contemplate their own humanity. With a musical score that has the likes of Martyn Joseph, Billy Bragg and a couple of the Manic Street Preachers involved, you know the music has not been added as an after-thought but carefully considered to contribute to the listeners experience of the poems. It was the less experimental scores that were music to my ears though and the likes of Amy Wadge adding flesh to the bones of Jones’ words to give a different interpretation to Jones’ Mankind. And a sampled voice of Thatcher on The Healing House before the unmistakable guitar sound of Billy Bragg creeps in to bring the song/poem to its conclusion again served as an example of how to add poetry to music, of how to make a CD of ‘spoken word’ interesting, innovative and exciting whilst losing nothing of the thoughts expressed. Me, I checked out www.patrick-jones.net and read some of the poems silently to myself. And I recommend you do that yourself if you are able. Then get the CD and hear Patrick Jones read them in his own accent.
Chris Butler
Patrick Jones Tongues For A Stammering Time is released on Anhrefn Records (Anhrefn 022)
Excellent words from
recordstore.co.uk
'Tongues For A Stammering Time' is a startling howl of outrage from Welsh musician and poet Patrick Jones. Featuring performances from James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Billy Bragg and many more luminaries, this is the perfect soundtrack for our troubled times."
www.recordstore.co.uk
The cd is now available from itunes, amazon, recordstore.co.uk and play.com
Full track listing;
1. moment of light - featuring les davies
2. the healing house - featuring billy bragg and beverley humphreys
3. mankind - featuring amy wadge
4. keys to your kingdom- featuring les davies
5. they- featuring greg haver and studio arcade
6. sapflow - featuring nicky wire
7. hymn
8. in absentia - featuring james dean bradfield
9. meat- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
10. the love of blood - featuring henry priestman
11. revelation- featuring james dean bradfield
12. the other- featuring martyn joseph
13. for i am in you you are in me and we are in us - featuring les davies
14. when we become mountains- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
15. white feather fallopian - featuring new state radio
16. the memory of steel - featuring julian gardner
17. valleys comprehensive - featuring dean meyrick and perigo minas
18. treelunged - featuring lethargy
19. the bells of rhymney 2007 - featuring ian devine
20. dysunitednation - featuring les davies and dean meyrick
21. 11/11/11 - featuring james dean bradfield
22.carelines - featuring jeb loy nichols
23.dandelion
24.me,we - featuring stacey blythe
"all truth passes through three stages.first, it is
ridiculed. second, it is violently opposed.third, it
is accepted as being self -evident"
Arthur Schopenhauer
Welcome to the official webpages of writer Patrick Jones. Here you will find details of current projects, past works and contact information.
Patrick is a poet, playwright, human rights activist and filmmaker. His work includes the poetry collections The Guerilla tapestry and Fuse, the CD of spoken word and music Commemoration and Amnesia and the plays Everything Must Go, Unprotected Sex, The War is Dead long live the war and Sing to Me. He has also directed short films and videos for the bands The Manic Street Preachers and Lethargy.
Patrick is also committed to taking words to the whole of the community and has developed writing groups for young people in Wales and beyond, developed and co-ordinated writing and drama workshops for people of all ages and from a mixed background, attended many different organisations from
community groups to universities to speak about writing and give readings of work. Set-up various writing projects for people with specific needs, for example hospice patients, school non-attendees, mental health patients and most recently the young homeless.He has worked with various communty based projects with NCH, The Welsh National Opera, St. David’s Foundation Hospice Care and The Dyn Project ( advocacy for men who have
experienced domestic violence) and The Prison Service.
He is always looking to further and develop his work so please feel free to use the "contact us" section to get in touch with Patrick about any aspect of his work or future collaborations.He is involved in this site and will visit it regularly.
Thank you.
Patrick will be reading at the radical music and spoken word event at Cardiff's Coal Exchange on Saturday September 4th at 5pm. Loads of bands, poets and films.An exciting line up.
www.walessexandanarchy.co.uk.
It has been rumoured that Stephen Green and his merry band of followers at Christian Voice are going to protest/witness at Cardiff's fantastic Mardi Gras celebrations Saturday 4th September.They will be at the gates to Bute Park, North Road from 12 noon.Patrick will be 'witnessing' Christian Voice with his own words. He urges you to do the same and not let bigots spoil this fine day of peace,fun,freedom and expression.
www.cardiffmardigras.co.uk
Patrick's poem "Mountains of Man" is being turned into a dance film by Striking Attitudes. An exciting collaboration between words, movement and music directed by Caroline Lamb supported by The Arts Council of Wales.
more info at www.strikingattitudes.com
Patrick has been given a Research and Development Commission from the newly formed National Theatre of Wales to work on his new play 'The Crusades' that explores the relationship between nationalism, religious hatred and war set against the backdrop of the economic collapse, fear and insecurity of modern britain as played out between a group of normal people living normal lives. It will be his most challenging and provocative play to date.
Patrick is now working on his new cd of poetry and music. To be released late 2010/2011.
"Thoughtful, provocative and challenging, these poems engage and
enrage"
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
“Very strong stuff”
Harold Pinter
“Striking enough to do for Welsh theatre what the
Manics and Stereophonics have done for its music”
The Guardian review of “Everything Must Go”
UPDATE;
Patrick's CD "tongues for a stammering time" is now only £5 with free p & p.
See it in the Shop Section.
Featuring Billy Bragg, Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield, Martyn Joseph, Steve Balsamo, Lethargy, Henry Priestman and many others.
PERFORMANCES
Patrick will be hitting the road this Autumn/Winter for a series of readings/ performances and workshops.
Cardiff 4th September
Coal Exchange 5pm
www.walessexandanarchy.co.uk
Pontardawe 14th September
8pm Pontardawe Arts Centre
Hafan Cymru AGM 17th September
www.hafancymru.co.uk
Ebbw Vale October 1st
Beaufort Theatre 8pm
Haverfordwest Tuesday October 12th 6.30pm
Haverfordwest Library
Mold 26th October
Theatr Clwyd 8pm
Newport 27th October
The Big Read 10 am
Riverfront Theatre
Newport C B Council
LLangollen 27th October 8pm
Llangollen
review from Anarchist Voices
Patrick Jones: Tongues For A Stammering Time
This CD was the complete opposite of what I expected. It doesn’t matter what I expected and it’s not to say that I was disappointed, just that I put the CD into the player perhaps thinking I was going to hear some solo singer-songwriter angst but I was surprised to say the least. Patrick Jones is a poet for those not in the know like me. And a playwright too. And his works are controversial, provocative, expressive and gritty but with a beauty that only someone so good at their craft can achieve. So, what does the CD sound like? Well, it’s not just ‘Spoken Word’. It’s subtle and it’s loud and it’s folky and there’s even some thrash metal in there so don’t expect me to pigeonhole it. The musical soundtracks and scores range from acoustic songs to experimental sounds that not only accompany but capture the brutality and destruction considered so thoughtfully within some of the harsh subject matter. I found some of the listening a challenge, not so much because of the style of music accompanying the poems but because of the unflinching nature of the writing. Violence against men, the war in Iraq and religious fundamentalism are just some of the subjects covered amongst some of the most personal poems that push the boundaries and challenge the listener whilst keeping the intimacy and personal views held to make the listener both think about what they have heard and afterwards contemplate their own humanity. With a musical score that has the likes of Martyn Joseph, Billy Bragg and a couple of the Manic Street Preachers involved, you know the music has not been added as an after-thought but carefully considered to contribute to the listeners experience of the poems. It was the less experimental scores that were music to my ears though and the likes of Amy Wadge adding flesh to the bones of Jones’ words to give a different interpretation to Jones’ Mankind. And a sampled voice of Thatcher on The Healing House before the unmistakable guitar sound of Billy Bragg creeps in to bring the song/poem to its conclusion again served as an example of how to add poetry to music, of how to make a CD of ‘spoken word’ interesting, innovative and exciting whilst losing nothing of the thoughts expressed. Me, I checked out www.patrick-jones.net and read some of the poems silently to myself. And I recommend you do that yourself if you are able. Then get the CD and hear Patrick Jones read them in his own accent.
Chris Butler
Patrick Jones Tongues For A Stammering Time is released on Anhrefn Records (Anhrefn 022)
Excellent words from
recordstore.co.uk
'Tongues For A Stammering Time' is a startling howl of outrage from Welsh musician and poet Patrick Jones. Featuring performances from James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Billy Bragg and many more luminaries, this is the perfect soundtrack for our troubled times."
www.recordstore.co.uk
The cd is now available from itunes, amazon, recordstore.co.uk and play.com
Full track listing;
1. moment of light - featuring les davies
2. the healing house - featuring billy bragg and beverley humphreys
3. mankind - featuring amy wadge
4. keys to your kingdom- featuring les davies
5. they- featuring greg haver and studio arcade
6. sapflow - featuring nicky wire
7. hymn
8. in absentia - featuring james dean bradfield
9. meat- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
10. the love of blood - featuring henry priestman
11. revelation- featuring james dean bradfield
12. the other- featuring martyn joseph
13. for i am in you you are in me and we are in us - featuring les davies
14. when we become mountains- featuring defiance of god and steve balsamo
15. white feather fallopian - featuring new state radio
16. the memory of steel - featuring julian gardner
17. valleys comprehensive - featuring dean meyrick and perigo minas
18. treelunged - featuring lethargy
19. the bells of rhymney 2007 - featuring ian devine
20. dysunitednation - featuring les davies and dean meyrick
21. 11/11/11 - featuring james dean bradfield
22.carelines - featuring jeb loy nichols
23.dandelion
24.me,we - featuring stacey blythe
"all truth passes through three stages.first, it is
ridiculed. second, it is violently opposed.third, it
is accepted as being self -evident"
Arthur Schopenhauer
Welcome to the official webpages of writer Patrick Jones. Here you will find details of current projects, past works and contact information.
Patrick is a poet, playwright, human rights activist and filmmaker. His work includes the poetry collections The Guerilla tapestry and Fuse, the CD of spoken word and music Commemoration and Amnesia and the plays Everything Must Go, Unprotected Sex, The War is Dead long live the war and Sing to Me. He has also directed short films and videos for the bands The Manic Street Preachers and Lethargy.
Patrick is also committed to taking words to the whole of the community and has developed writing groups for young people in Wales and beyond, developed and co-ordinated writing and drama workshops for people of all ages and from a mixed background, attended many different organisations from
community groups to universities to speak about writing and give readings of work. Set-up various writing projects for people with specific needs, for example hospice patients, school non-attendees, mental health patients and most recently the young homeless.He has worked with various communty based projects with NCH, The Welsh National Opera, St. David’s Foundation Hospice Care and The Dyn Project ( advocacy for men who have
experienced domestic violence) and The Prison Service.
He is always looking to further and develop his work so please feel free to use the "contact us" section to get in touch with Patrick about any aspect of his work or future collaborations.He is involved in this site and will visit it regularly.
Thank you.