HOW TO SAVE AN OLD CHURCH WITH AN OCTAVE

This week Nols is joined by Mikey Kirkpatrick flautist, singer, composer, improviser and performer and writer, who makes work for street, stage, film and radio. Mikey records and tours internationally as Bird Radio, his singular take on new British folk (voice, flutes, loops, bones, homemade instruments and the famous red suitcase kick drum). He’s an associate lecturer at Goldsmiths and founding director of Alchemy, a collective of artists, teachers and mentors working with young people at risk of exclusion, and he teaches Music, Healing and Deep Listening for Morbid Anatomy in New York.

Nols and Mikey met at the Octave Marathon at the Old Church in Stoke Newington. The event was a way to raise money to save one of the most unique arts space and consecrated church in london.

Donate below or buy the album! (Nols is on it ;) )

Save The Old Church N16 Music and Community Venue - a Creative & Arts crowdfunding project in London by The Old Church Stoke Newington

The Octave Marathon (Fundraiser for The Old Church Community Arts Venue in Hackney, London) | Various Artists | Bird Radio

Nols and Mikey go looking for the music in everything including poetry. Mikey opens up his many daily creative practices and the threads that hold them together, and traces the extraordinary journeys behind the music and the writing. They talk about what it means to be a pillar of a creative community, and the genuinely impressive work Mikey does with young people in London building shelter for them to make, listen, and find their own voices.

Find Mikey & Bird Radio

• Website: https://mikeykirkpatrick.wordpress.com

• The Residency (Substack): https://mikeykirkpatrick.substack.com

• Music (Bird Radio on Bandcamp): https://birdradio.bandcamp.com

• Alchemy at Goldsmiths: https://sites.gold.ac.uk/alchemy

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeykirkpatrick