Live at the Typer Cannon Grand

Buddy Wakefield (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Righteous Babe
• ASIN: B002MT3BUI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,265 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a dazzling & radiant album, October 13, 2009

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C. O. Aptowicz (NYC, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Typer Cannon Grand (Audio CD)

Buddy Wakefield is one of the most beloved & respected figures in the U.S. & international Poetry Slam scene, and it is position he has earned through hard work, though his bright & beautiful spirit and by harnessing & sharpening a talent so boundless, audience can't help but just gasp sometimes.

Thus I was so thrilled to find out that "Live at the Typer Cannon Grand" doesn't just showcase Wakefield's best-known poems; it exuberantly celebrates everything we all love about seeing him rock a stage live.

Nearly each track was recorded in a different venue, giving a fantastic window into the life of this working performance poet, who brings everything he's got to the mic, whether the venue is small enough that each individual hoot & giggle can be heard, or large enough that the mid-poem applause sounds like a rumbling thunder. With crisp & clean recordings, it honestly does feel like you are there.

Content-wise, the album is pitch-perfect. Wakefield's graceful & selfless storytelling sings on tracks like "Jean Health" and "Convenience Stores." He fearlessly shines light into dark corners of his life with poems like "Battle Scars" and "Guitar Repairwoman." His wit & charm glitter in cuts like "Arizona Summers" and "Tim and Buddy." And his experiments with incorporating music in pieces like "Human the Death Dance" and "We Were Emergencies" add deep and contrast to the radiant recordings of his live performances.

And my heavens, this album is worth it for the recordings of "Flockprinter" and "Giant Saint Everything" alone -- seeringly honest and emotionally dazzling pieces that had me dumbstruck & vibrating in my NYC subway car, absolutely grateful that Righteous Babe Record did this poet right.

Needless to say, I highly recommend this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing., September 19, 2011

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Ashley N. Carpenter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at the Typer Cannon Grand [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

I can't even describe this album. It's the kind that you laugh, cry and gives you goosebumps.

Loved every spoken word.

I'd suggest getting the book Live For a Living. Gives stories for each poem. Makes them that much more amazing.