Dixon Sessions: Performance Poetry Edition

Sam Browne is a spoken word poet from Southend, Essex, who originally set out to be a stand-up comedian until he realised all his jokes rhymed and none of them were particularly funny. So he pivoted to poetry, and things started to click. Since then, Sam has developed an online following of over 100,000 followers across all platforms and tens of millions of views. At just the age of 21 Sam Browne is helping reshape the way young men think about masculinity and feminism one poem at a time. Ralph Dartford describes himself as a commentator, critic, educator and agitator. His poetry is performed, accompanied by Gary Clark, one of the pioneers of the ‘Basildon Electro Sound’. Ralph and Gary grew up together in the Badlands of the Essex Delta.