BARS
If you’ve got ambitions in the music industry, make sure you listen to National Prison Radio on Thursdays at 5pm to our brand new show called Bars.
Long-time listeners of the Free Flow show will be familiar with Lady Unchained, who will present Bars each Thursday for the next twelve weeks. Each week, she’ll be speaking to artists and producers about how they create music, what it takes to succeed, as well as giving advice on writing and creating music. Bars will also feature original instrumentals and performances.
Working side by side with Free Flow, Bars is the place to learn the art of writing your own bars, lyrics and verses.
It’s a chance to hear from some of the most exciting rappers, poets and spoken word artists on how they create, how they express themselves, and how they share their experiences.
Alongside a guest each week, Lady Unchained will have a selection of new beats to put what you’ve heard into
practice straight away.
In the first show, Lady Unchained will be speaking to Sheffield UK hip-hop artists and poet Otis Mensah. A former poet laureate of Sheffield, Otis uses jazz-inspired hip- hop beats to share his stream of consciousness, documenting journeys of thought.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to put your thoughts into words and share your story, this is the show for you.
With education and activities still on hold due to coronavirus, Bars will help you flex your creative muscles and vent some of your lockdown frustration.
You can expect to hear original instrumentals for you to perform along to in your cells as well as fresh inspiration and advice on how to put pen to paper.
As well as this, there will be weekly interviews with hip-hop, grime, drill and spoken word artists.
As always, if you would like tips, advice or to share your thoughts about writing lyrics and verses, please contact us on: 0808 123 1234 or write to National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF.
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