by Matthew Martino
Earlier this year, Southend based performance poet Sadie Davidson spent several months living in a hostel with her partner and two small children after being made homeless.
Shortly after Christmas, her father passed away.
During this time, Sadie wrote a number of poems on the subject of poverty, homelessness, and life on Britains council estates, one of which earned her the title of poetry slam champion in a national competition.
In April, they were offered a permanent home, at which point Sadie recorded the poems she had written in a makeshift sound booth in her airing cupboard. This spoken word album was quickly picked up by Spoken Label who will be releasing the album for download later this year.
She has also signed a contract with a publisher for her poetry collection “Tales from the Estate” which will also be available soon.
About The Album:
“Council House and Silent” is the raw and unsettling debut spoken word album from urban performance poet and poetry slam champion Sadie Davidson.
Recorded at home in her airing cupboard after spending months in a hostel with her partner and two small children, “Council House and Silent” is a truthful, heartbreaking and highly provocative window in to life in Britain’s underclass.
“Council House and Silent” offers more than simply “Poverty Porn’ -beneath the gritty realism and rage at a failing system is an inspiring message of fulfilment, resilience, and the reminder that “you can get out if you fight”.
