The Wayland sessions 2017-2020

A brand new collection of poems by longtime Detroit poet and founder of the historical and legendary The Detroit Artists Workshop.

The premise of this volume is that these poems were recorded in collaboration with the physiology, the psychological space, the physical environment, and the spiritual ambience of the moment. These are the forces with which I interact in the improvisations that create the tunes. First one voice and then another. Each contributing to the flow as the form is discovered and brought to the surface.

The concept of this poetry collection is that of a vinyl record in the Blue Note tradition where the tracks are labeled and the needle can be dropped on the tune desired--a single listen from beginning to end, a side-one to side-two parsing over a period of measured absorption, or a sampling based on curiosity, intrigue, or a sense of adventure.

Poetry. Music.