the one and only : Ken Nordine

Ken Nordine

This is a site (one in which that was, at the time, desperately lacking from the Internet) devoted to the brilliant spoken word master of recording, radio, television and sports casting. Many place Ken into the Beat category (which is appropriate), but his writings and readings can't be limited to such a category. His writings are more akin to Franz Kafka or Edgar Allan Poe than that of Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg (seeing as Ken's writings are dark and tinged in paranoia). However, the jazz soundscapes backing his wonderful readings and his free-form jazz rants truly are Beat.

I have compiled items from the web on and/or about Ken Nordine and/or his work and will try to give all credit at the bottom of each page that has been adopted. Thank you to all who have made these pages available online.

Also, if anyone has anything at all to contribute to this site, please, feel free to do so by writing me at the e-mail address listed below.

articles / interviews :

1. Illinois Entertainer, May, 1977

2. From Eig Features Page 1 - Nordine

3. All-Music-Guide

4. Tunes Network

5. Ken Nordine (on digitized art)

6. "Colors" liner notes by Skip Heller

7. "How Are Things In Your Town" liner notes by Michael Cuscuna

8. Grateful Dead bio page on Ken

9. Stomp And Stammer (Speak Your Mind)

10. BoHo Blues - Spin, 1987