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Bryan Wilson is a writer and performer backed by 'The Sounds of the
Earth Band.' His powerful blend of poetry and music is gaining a wider
audience in Britain and abroad. His songs deal with political upheaval
in the world as well as life in the inner city.
Bryan was born in Jamaica and came to Britain in the late 60's. He has worked with young people organising cultural events, as well as writing plays and performing. He started to write poetry in 1976, and he has now developed a stirring and entertaining performance style incorporating music, dance and drumming. |
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Over the past ten years, Bryan has performed extensively in Europe,
Canada and America, as well as appearing on numerous television and
radio programmes including MTV, Radio Amsterdam and Radio 100,
(Holland), Channel 7, (Poland) and also programmes in Germany, America
and Canada. He has performed at a number of festivals including the
Amnesty Festival, Glastonbury, World Roots festival, Berlin Sunsplash,
Ghent festival, Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy, (Poland) to name
only a few. Bryan has also recorded two albums, the first, " Do you
remember Soweto ?" in 1990, and his latest, " Inner City Heat," which
was completed in Philadephia earlier this year.
Bryan, as a concious poet, focuses upon human rights issues, and he is committed to supporting a number of organisations through his performances. He has consistently supported the Kurdish struggle, performing with them in Belgium, France and Germany, and the Green Party Conference, where he was also a guest speaker. Bryan is a founder member of the 'Friends of Move and Mumia,' and he has travelled to Philadephia to liase with his American counterparts, performing with them to promote the issue. Read the first part of Bryan's Autobiography |
