Returning to Australia after a successful run including a sold-out Northcote Social Club show in 2011, Britain’s Ghostpoet is set once more to demonstrate his innovate wordplay and electrifying live band show, continuing the tradition of favoured UK street poets like Mike Skinner and Roots Manuva.
His new album ‘Some Say I So I Say Light’ is currently getting great spins across the country (on rotation on triple j, 2SER feature CD) and builds on the cult success of his Mercury Prize nominated debut ‘Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam.’ Previous associations with the likes of Micachu have boosted his indie cred in his formative years but it’s been all Ghost in the lead up to ‘Some Say I…’.
Obaro Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet, laughs when he remembers how Gilles Peterson "took a risk on a random maverick" back in 2010 by signing him to the Radio 1 DJ's Brownswood imprint. Within a year, that risk paid off: Ghostpoet's debut album, 'Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam', marked him out as one of the most distinct, uncategorisable and forward-thinking.
Niche presents Ghospoet + Special Guest Oscar Key Sung
Thursday 12th September - The Bakery - Perth
Tickets: www.nowbaking.com.au
Friday 13th September - Oxford Art Factory - Sydney
Tickets: www.moshtix.com.au
Saturday 14th September - The Corner - Melbourne
Tickets: www.cornerhotel.com
Sunday 15th September – The Spiegeltent - Brisbane Festival
Tickets: www.brisbanefestival.com.au
Tickets for Perth, Sydney and Melbourne on sale 9am Wednesday 5th June, Brisbane on sale 9am Monday 17 June.
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