Anthony Joseph & The Spasm band: British Music Abroad
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WOMEX 2012
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One of the UK’s most exciting and innovative voices, poet, novelist, musician and lecturer Anthony Joseph was born in Trinidad and has lived in the UK since 1989. He is the author of three poetry collections, Desafinado, 1994, Teragaton, 1997 and Bird Head Son, 2009, a spoken word CD Liquid Textology: Readings From The African Origins of UFOs and a novel The African Origins of UFOs published by Salt Publishing in November 2006.
Joseph’s “voodoo punk” band The Spasm Band released their debut album ‘Leggo de Lion’ (Kindred Spirits) in 2007, followed by ‘Bird Head Son’ in 2009. Their most recent album ‘Rubber Orchestras’ was released in September 2011.