Buddy Wakefield

BUDDY WAKEFIELD is a three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO's Def Poetry Jam and has been signed to both Strange Famous Records as well as Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe Records. He is the most toured poet ever appearing in over 2000 venues internationally. In the spring of 2001 Buddy left his job, sold or gave away everything he owned, moved to the small town of Honda Civic and set out to live for a living, touring North American poetry venues through 2003. He has...See more

BUDDY WAKEFIELD is a three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO's Def Poetry Jam and has been signed to both Strange Famous Records as well as Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe Records. He is the most toured poet ever appearing in over 2000 venues internationally. In the spring of 2001 Buddy left his job, sold or gave away everything he owned, moved to the small town of Honda Civic and set out to live for a living, touring North American poetry venues through 2003. He has not yet stopped. Wakefield delivers raw, disarming performances of humor and heart. See less