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Ginsberg guitarist for two decades and now nearly 40 years a Fug, Steven Taylor recalls his days as a punk musician on tour, on stage & in the studio in a groundbreaking report from the rock trenches
Two print collections which gave attention to the Beat Generation's alliance with popular music each enjoy an anniversary this spring
In the late 1980s, he set out on a new wave adventure, gigging across North America & Europe, before his doctorate became a first-hand account of a rocker on the barricades and a book to boot
Premier – and premiere – punk poet's piece breaks barriers on music streaming service to become 'world's most popular poem'
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In the second of our recently-launched feature, a London music journalist heads to Manhattan to connect with a legend of the neon New York night
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In which prominent Beat figures, writers and critics, historians and academics, fans and followers, talk about the relationship between that literary…
More than 40 years ago a Canadian tripster travelled to a major Boulder convention with Kerouac at its heart. Ten years ago he sat down to put on record…
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An established American rock musician long resident in London recalls, as a Lowell teenager, an invitation to a meal with Jack Kerouac
EXCLUSIVE news from the camp of the legendary Beat-rock-folk-poetry band as the group celebrate their late, great member Tuli Kupferberg on record and…
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It's been a busy start to 2023 at Rock and the Beat Generation and here we share a whistle stop tour of our latest topics…
The Beats and the beats blended almost seamlessly in a poetic soirée that spanned Mumbles, Manhattan and Manchester
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NEW SERIES: An occasional feature in which writers and academics, commentators and followers, remember and reflect upon an encounter with a member of…
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