Robert Priest also known as Dr Poetry on CBC’s Wordbeat has performed his exciting mix of poems and songs all over the world. His words have been debated in the legislature, posted in the Transit system, quoted by politicians and widely published in text books and anthologies.
His spoken word video/single Congo Toronto received nation-wide airplay on MuchMusic for over three months in l986 and established for Priest a unique place in the poetry/music canon. Rotweiller Pacifist, l988, continued the tradition with a collection of twenty spoken word pieces, many of them accompanied by tracks and beats.
Robert’s 3rd spoken word CD, Tongue-n-Groove, was released on EMI’s prestigious Artisan label in l998. This collection which ‘straddles the crossroads of folk, funk and the word’ establishes Priest once and for all as a major artist in the field.
“Consistently One Of The Most Entertaining Acts In Town!”
– Now Magazine
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
In recent years Robert has entertained at numerous music & poetry festivals. In Budapest Robert was a featured performer at the Kacat Kabaret and at the Free the Word Festival in Stockholm Sweden. He has also delivered the word at The Cambridge Festival, The Vancouver Writer’s Festival, The Winnipeg Writer’s Festival, The Acorn Festival, the Mariposa Folk Festival, the Hillside Festival, The Ottawa Literary Festival, Eden Mills Festival, the Leacock Festival the Couchiching Think Tank and Toronto’s North by North East. In October of 2001 Robert was chosen to be a cultural ambassador for Canada in the Middle East where he performed in both Israel and Jordan. This year he performed all over Australia and on his return released a new book: How to Swallow a Pig, at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto.
VIDEO PERFORMANCES
You can see Robert performing on YouTube including on his YouTube Channel. Some of these videos have also been shown as ‘flow’ on Book Television.