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The Peasant Poet

by Seth Bye & Patrick Lester-Rourke

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1.
The Peasant Poet 00:54
2.
All Nature Has a Feeling I 00:48
3.
Autumn 05:35
4.
Pleasant Places 04:13
5.
All Nature Has a Feeling II 00:32
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First Love 01:43
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I Am 03:26
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All Nature Has a Feeling III 00:41
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What Is Life? 06:30
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Peace, In Eternity 01:08

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Northamptonshire Poet John Clare (known in his lifetime as ’The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet’) is known for his celebration of the english countryside and his incredible insight to the human condition.
As biographer Jonathan Bate wrote “[he was] the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature. of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self"

A collaboration between the Birmingham based Patrick Lester-Rourke and Seth Bye; The Peasant Poet explores the identity of Northamptonshire Poet John Clare through reimagining a selection of his poems. The poems are re-imagined through the lens of free improvisation and electronics, resulting in a varied and thought provoking album.

The album draws influence from the english folk tradition and the compositional technique utilised in Miles Davis’ ‘In A Silent Way’.

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released August 6, 2019

All poetry (sans Peace, In Eternity) by John Clare

Composed by Patrick Lester-Rourke & Seth Bye

Violin by Seth Bye

Electronics, electric bass, acoustic guitar and voice/vocals by Patrick Lester-Rourke

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Patrick Lester-Rourke

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Patrick Lester-Rourke is a composer known for his innovative mixture of improvisation, world music, electroacoustic soundscapes and poetry.

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