Soul Release @ 9th and Main, the longest running spoken word poetry and live music event in northeast Florida, every first and third Saturday of the month (left side: more information)
January, 5, 2008: Spoken X (slam champion/Tampa)
Spoken X exploded onto the poetry scene in late 2003. Quickly recognized for his lyrical capacity, he was the rookie poet on Tampa's 2004 Southern Fried Slam poetry team. Since then, Spoken X has grown exponentially as a poet and as a writer. His first project “The Damage Is Done” is a passionate testament to the trials and struggles of the African American community. Spoken X has graced stages from Miami to New York to Louisiana. He was part of the 2005 Tampa slam team and 2006 Ft. Lauderdale slam team, which placed third in the event. In New Orleans, Spoken X participated in the Akoben Poetry Festival and Slam and won the erotic portion of the slam. Listen online at http://www.myspace.com/spokenx
January 19, 2008: Taalam Acey (international slam champion) and Sandbloom (acoustic soul artist/LA)
Taalam's work has been featured on BET, TV One and in Essence Magazine. Acey was the first person ever selected as "the 1 thing you need to know about" on BET's countdown show, "The 5ive." He has been a frequent guest at dozens of colleges and Universities and has lectured on contemporary Spoken Word at the prestigious Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley. Acey has twice been featured at the Essence Music Festival. He's been quoted in several newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Weekly and the New Jersey Star Ledger. In addition, Acey's work has been associated with films that have garnered an Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Taalam is also an accomplished slam poet who has won slams throughout the United States as well as in Germany and England. He was featured in an acclaimed Radio-One London documentary on slam and Marc Smith, the founder of slam poetry, used Acey's work as an example of slam poetry in his definitive book. Listen online at http://www.myspace.com/officialtaalamacey
Sandbloom is regarded in songwriter circles as an artist who operates at them top of his game. He has performed on stages from the Nuyorican Poets cafe in New York, to B.B. King's Blues Club in Los Angeles and is a fixture at music and poetry venues across the U.S. For the last five years he has been producing music at a furious pace. 4 full-length albums and an Ep under his belt, he is currently touring and promoting his latest effort, the acoustically driven "Mad Love Activate". Listen online at http://www.myspace.com/sandbloom
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