Richmond rapper Mad Skillz wins his first Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. It marks his second straight year ...

At what point do the words someone speaks become "spoken word"? When they crack open a dusty book and begin to read out loud? When their speech becomes inundated with unnecessary lumbering adjectives, ...

Maya White, a Pittsburgh native and a spoken word artist, won the grand prize of more than $1,000 at Queen Sheba’s Poetry vs. Hip-Hop event at City Winery in the Strip District. The show, part of a ...

Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician's “first love.” The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winner’s music often feels like spoken poetry, backed by ...

Like many people in Athens, Tahron Watkins doesn't excel at just one pursuit. And as the Classic City tends to do, his work will be acknowledged by his peers in appropriate fashion with a celebration ...

Poetry and prose by Patsy Rahn and Allison Joseph and eclectic music by Silent Partner will be featured at the Writers Guild Spoken Word Series 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Backspace Gallery, 112 W. Sixth St.

Spoken word poetry is not merely an art form but a communion of soul, experience and understanding. Spend one night tucked in the back of House of Hathor on Columbia’s North Main Street and you’ll ...

We recently reviewed briefly, the history of spoken word poetry and the poetry slam internationally, and how they developed in Guyana. There is quite a bit more to that history. It was pointed out ...