Micky P Kerr releases 'Joke' video

Where once declaring yourself to be a poet meant instant hilarity in northern schools it has now become a badge of honour. Suddenly it seems that the north is full of guitar thrashing, wild-eyed poets playing with words and telling it like it is. Making the poetic out of the everyday, heartbroken kitchen sink romance twisted with a keen humour and an eye for a killer phrase added to great songs.

The latest northern bard and gutter poet is perhaps the best – the maverick, eccentric Leeds based one off 'Micky P Kerr' who is heading for a national breakthrough with his new single, 'The Joke', see the video below.

Kerr was Leeds best kept secret with packed out gigs and a legion of fans falling in love with his sometimes witty, sometimes heartbreaking songs and poems that detail life with a poet's keen eye.

Naturally funny and, like all the best comedians, armed with a melancholic edge he is also a fine songwriter- a northern renaissance man who has already been picked up by the likes of Huw Stephens, Lauren Lavern, Steve Lamacq, Rob da Bank, Gary Crowley, Colin Murray on BBC radio as well as Q Radio with Russell Kane, NME Radio as well as Radio 3 show, 'The Verb' which reflects his diverse appeal.