George Wallace Spoken Word Music

NYC poet George Wallace collaborating with musicians in studio and live

About George Wallace

GEORGE WALLACE is a New York City poet and spoken word artist. Writer in residence at Walt Whitman Birthplace, author of 40 chapbooks of poetry, editor of NYC FROM THE INSIDE (Blue Light Press), and creator of Poets Building Bridges: An International Triangulation Project. 2022-23 music albums with his poems as lyrics include Sappho’s Little Boat (Omonoia Circus, Athens Greece), Blowing Through Secaucus and Resurrection Song (Poetrybay Creative, NYC). George was a classically trained piano and organist, has performed with the NYC-based R&B band The Chessmen, and appeared on stage with Levon Helm, Thurston Moore, Joan Baez, Donovan, David Amram, Grant Hart, John Sinclair and more.