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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Kate Tempest (January 14, Wgtn)

Kate Tempest Bodega Thursday, January 14 Kate Tempest is a British poet, playwright, storyteller, rapper and force of nature. She is all at once Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ani DiFranco and Bob Dylan – and as likely to have been deeply influenced by all of them, or to have sprung up on her own, loving words […]

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November 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Kate Tempest: Two NZ Shows (Jan, 2016)

Ask Kate Tempest what her job is – or who she is – and she might tell you she’s a rapper. Listen to her wonderful 2014 release, Everybody Down, and it’s true. She’s a rapper. A damn good one. But that’s selling her short. Tempest is an award-winning poet and performer, playwright and novelist. In […]