M. L. Liebler
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and widely traveled populist poet,
performance poet, workshop facilitator and arts activist."
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M. L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band is the brainchild of Wayne State University professor (and St. Clair Shores, Michigan's first Poet Laureate) M.L. Liebler. Over the last twenty plus years, M.L. has combined his insightful, urban poetry with the funky tones of modern jazz, resulting in a perfect elision of sound and vision. Along with M.L. is Griot Galaxy saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey, Detroit's CJQ, The Woolies, Detroit Artist Workshop guitarist Ron English, road-tested bass player and album producer Jef Reynolds (Leslie Gore band, Alex Chilton, Fats Domino, The Platters, and others) and resident drummer and gamesman Bill Hulet.
A day in the life
The M.L. Liebler interview
COMING.... New CD featuring M. L. Liebler with Robert Jones and Faruq.
The City Has Moved
Too Close to the Sun
A Detroit Cento Cut-Up poem By
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Liebler
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Featured on The Detroit Writers' Guild New CD "A Poetic Showcase"
"Some of the most beautiful poetry and music I have ever heard. This CD should be distributed nationally," Robert Taylor, host, "Out of The Ordinary" TV show WMTV, Grossse Point Farms, Michigan
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THE AIR
Listen to M, L.'s 2008 National Poetry Month Interview on WDET
M.L. Liebler delivered this Public Radio essay ("What's Going On? A Detroit Poet in Israel During Wartime") on WDET-FM's Front Row Center Show Hosted by Celeste Headlee in November 2006. This audio clip is courtesy of WDET-DM Radio in Detroit www.wdetfm.org
M. L.'s son is a journalist in Auburn, NY, and he reviews cool CD's from his
home in Syracuse, NY for The Daily Vault. Read his reviews here:
The Daily Vault
Album Reviews by Shane M. Liebler
Shane Liebler Reviews MC 5's Kick Out the Jams on vinyl age 18 Months. He seems to be considering a 4 Stars rating
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You Have Got To See This VideoAl Kooper's & M.L. Liebler's Home Movie.
Al Kooper's & M.L. Liebler's Home Movie (
European Tour Documentary)(Click Above To View)
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New CD entitled The Kurl of the Butterfly's Tongue NOW AVAILABLE
M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band
(with Faruq Z. Bey, Ron English, Jef Reynoldz, Bill Hulet)
USA Book News-Poetry Finalist for the 2008 Award
M.L. Liebler's new groundbreaking book of poems about Germany, Israel and Russia will be released from The Wayne State University Press in April 2008.
When M.L. Liebler scrawls, types,
speaks or sings the blues, our whole unseen world shakes.
Poetry, the original human language, races back like “blood in
the moon tonight.” With readable pages and playable tracks, how
can lovers of poems and story-songs not be stopped in their
tracks? The ineffable power of human utterance – full of
feeling, full of skill -- can’t be stopped. M.L. Liebler’s arrow
aims at more than the heart and mind. Like Lazarus, he drifts to
tell us how much we need one another, how lonely we labor in our
TV, CD, DVD, LED, iPOD, Satellite caves, “filling the blue
ancient Chinese night,” the Michigan night, and “all the wars we
fight in our sleep.”
Al
Young, Poet Laureate of
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Sir Mack Rice, M. L. Liebler, Alberta Adams & R.J. Spangler at WSU.
"M.L. Meets His Hero John Mayall -The Godfather of British Blues- at Macomb College 11/5/05"
M. L. Liebler & The
Magic Poetry Band
(L-R) Ron English (guitar),
Bill Hulet (drums), Faruq Z. Bey (sax), M.L. & Jef Reymolds (bass)
M.L. with Al Kooper & The Funky Faculty Norway 2006
(Left to Right) Daryll Lowrey, M.L., Larry Finn, Jeff Stout, Al Kooper, Robert Dozema & Jesse Williams
(M.L. on stage at Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA August 2005)
M. L. Liebler Meets His Longtime American Hero - Blues Legend Willie Dixon at Chene Park in Detroit in the Mid-1980's. M.L. is fashioned in full beard, post 60's Plum Street-African Dashshiki and original 1968 "Go Get 'Em Detroit Tigers" Pork Pie Hat
Left) M. L. & daughter Shelby Lynn Wade in the Waters of The Jordan River Northern Israel 2006
(Below) M.L. On The Rock on Shores of Sea of Galilee - Tiberias, Israel 2006
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____ Another Book by M. L. Liebler
Greatest Hits:1984-2004
Some of the best pieces from M. L.'s extensive collection.
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vailable online now from Pudding House Press www.puddinghouse.comM.L. Liebler's Brand New Book Available Now!
"M.L. in Front of The Church of The Spilt Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008"
M.L. Liebler's New Chapbook of poems in special bilingual edition of Russian and English The Fragrant Benediction of Life is now available at this site: M. L. Liebler's New Book in Russian at Chlenskiy Zhurnal / Journa
Because of its popularity, this book is in its Second Printing
M. L. Meets The King in Jerusalem 2006
"M.L. & Faruq Z. Bey Performing in Ludington, MI August 2004"
M. L. & Robert Jones in Munich, Germany
"Prayer Is Good- Try It - Click Here"
M. L. Liebler - (Photo by Shelby Lynn Liebler (c) 2005)
What Some Folks Say About M. L.
"M. L. Liebler is a piece of the reality poetry that needs to stay alive... He is a beacon shining for the republic (of poetry and love) for which he stands." Alicia Ostriker
"M. L. Liebler is the backbone of the new literary renaissance." Bob Talbert The Detroit Free Press
"M. L. is an American populist artist in the tradition of the Beat poets, Carl Sandburg and Diego Rivera..." Ed Sanders
"Liebler is a tremendous source of poetry energy in The Motor City & beyond." John Sinclair
"Written in Rain is a piercing collection of remembrances and celebrations. M. L. Liebler writes about the face of heat, his mother's dreams, and midnight ghosts." Jayne Cortez
"M. L. Liebler's poems remind me of Carl Sandburg's voice. Big in spirit, they shout their truths, encompassing what hurts and what heals. His imagination takes off from his century's and country's news: urban wastelands, Vietnam, rock 'n' roll, good loving. Spending time in their company teaches you more about America than a spin down the highway." Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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