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Ainsley Burrows

Contains 5 collection items, 5 performances, 10 in total. Currently showing 10 in total.

Ainsley Burrows hails from Jamaica and is a former member of the world famous New York based Nuyorican Poets Café slam team and a highly respected international poet who has won poetry awards and competitions all over the world. He is a three-time recipient of the Farrago London Poetry Award for best international performer.
Ainsley is the author of Black Angels with Sky Blue Feathers and The Woman who Isn't Was. Ainsley has also released four Albums, Cataclysm, The Groove Eletric, Climax and Rockstar.   He has been touring his 'erotic pop'  show The Sweet Spot in America.

  • Brothatalk

    Brothatalk

    25 October 2002 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Audio recording of Brothatalk 2002 pt I

    Audio recording of Brothatalk 2002 pt I

    25/10/2002
    Minidisc recording of first half of ‘Brothatalk’ show at BAC, 25 Oct 2002, featuring Lemn Sissay, Orphy Robinson, Ainsley Burrows, Breis & Beyonder
  • Audio recording of Brothatalk 2002 pt II

    Audio recording of Brothatalk 2002 pt II

    25/10/2002
    Minidisc recording of second half of ‘Brothatalk’ show at BAC, 25 Oct 2002, featuring Lemn Sissay, Orphy Robinson, Ainsley Burrows, Breis & Beyonder
  • Sistaspeak

    Sistaspeak

    24 October 2003 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Brothatalk All Stars

    Brothatalk All Stars

    7 November 2003 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Audio recording of Brothatalk 2003 pt I

    Audio recording of Brothatalk 2003 pt I

    07/11/2003
    Minidisc recording of first half of ‘Brothatalk All Stars’ show at BAC, featuring Mike Ladd, Marque Gilmore, Ainsley Burrows & Teju
  • Audio recording of Brothatalk 2003 pt II

    Audio recording of Brothatalk 2003 pt II

    07/11/2003
    Minidisc recording of second half of ‘Brothatalk All Stars’ show at BAC, featuring Mike Ladd, Ainsley Burrows, Sharrif Simmons & Teju
  • Stranger than Fiction

    Stranger than Fiction

    28 May 2004 at 
    Battersea Arts Centre (London - Wandsworth) (498)
  • Audio recording of Stranger Than Fiction pt II

    Audio recording of Stranger Than Fiction pt II

    28 May 2004
    Minidisc recording of second half of ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ show at BAC, featuring Jacob Ross, Ainsley Burrows
  • Brothatalk All-Stars

    Brothatalk All-Stars

    28 October 2004 at 
    Komedia (Brighton) (4)
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