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Artist
Gylan Kain
12+ albums
spoken wordjazzsoulpsychedelicavant garde
about
Gylan Kain is an African American poet and playwright. He was a founding member, in 1968, of the Original Last Poets (with Felipe Luciano and David Nelson). He is known for his particularly aggressive spoken word delivery, and often performs with hand drums or other backing musicians. He has done multimedia collaborations with the percussionist Z'EV and has appeared with the Dutch jazz/hip-hop/fusion group Electric Barbarian since 2003, appearing on their 2004 album él.[1] His name is sometimes given as simply KAIN or Kain. His daughter, Amber Kain, is an actress. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
