A Collaborative Journey of Poetry & Music…
ROCKPILE is a collaboration between David Meltzer — poet, musician, essayist, and more — and Michael Rothenberg of Big Bridge Press. David and Michael will journey through eight cities in the U.S. to perform poetry and prose, composed while on the road, with local musicians and artists in each city. ROCKPILE will serve to educate and preserve as well as to create a history of collaboration. It will help to reinforce the tradition of the troubadour of all generations, central to the cultural upheaval and identity politics that reawakened poets, artists, musicians, and songwriters in the mid-1960s through the 1970s. The project will end with a final multimedia performance in San Francisco.
Made possible by a grant from the Creative Work Fund
Visit our ROCKPILE BLOG to see what we are up to once we hit the road!
See details of PERFORMANCES AND VENUES.
And check our CALENDAR, on the right sidebar, for day to day details starting on October 5th. Just click on the red highlighted date!