Rock Dove by Cat Kidd with soundscapes by Jacky Murda
Presented in eleven tracks, RD is one continuous poem told in four voices - three pigeons and one human:
Happy, the Mystic: (tracks I, III, and V),
Beckett, the Scientist: (track VII),
Spooky, the Veteran (+ service bird ghosts):
(tracks VIII, IX, and X),
Lady, the human: (tracks II, IV, VI, and XI)
* Download includes .pdf of the book and cover art.
Tracklist
| 1. | I - Murmuration | 4:09 |
| 2. | II - Jackson Pollack | 2:20 |
| 3. | III - Abyssal Zone | 1:26 |
| 4. | IV - Long Snakes | 3:48 |
| 5. | V - Madonna of Montserrat | 3:03 |
| 6. | VI - Pigeon in the Gym | 3:15 |
| 7. | VII - Skinner & Epstein | 5:44 |
| 8. | VIII - Flying Rats | 3:32 |
| 9. | IX - Homeless Veterans | 4:40 |
| 10. | X - Flanders Field | 3:00 |
| 11. | XI - Beaks | 1:22 |
Credits
released June 19, 2025
Rock Dove respectfully acknowledges musical & textual references throughout the work:
'Forever Young' by Alphaville (1984)
'Cognition, Creativity, and Behavior: the Columban Simulations' Norman Baxley dir./prod. (1982)
'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life' by Indeep (1982)
'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder (1972)
'(There'll be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover' by Walter Kent & Nat Burton (1941)
'Boléro' by Maurice Ravel (1928)
'St. James Infirmary' by Carl Moore & Phil Baxter /
Don Redman & others (1927)
'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae (1915)
'Taps' by Daniel Butterfield (1862)
Rock Dove respectfully acknowledges musical & textual references throughout the work:
'Forever Young' by Alphaville (1984)
'Cognition, Creativity, and Behavior: the Columban Simulations' Norman Baxley dir./prod. (1982)
'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life' by Indeep (1982)
'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder (1972)
'(There'll be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover' by Walter Kent & Nat Burton (1941)
'Boléro' by Maurice Ravel (1928)
'St. James Infirmary' by Carl Moore & Phil Baxter /
Don Redman & others (1927)
'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae (1915)
'Taps' by Daniel Butterfield (1862)
