PERFORMANCE POET, WRITER, BIRRY HAS BEEN PERFORMING AND WRITING HIS POETRY FOR THE LAST  SIX YEARS NOW.  HIS WORK HAS ATTRACTED INTEREST  FROM  SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANISATIONS AND  INDIVIDUALS  WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HIS STYLE OF DELIVERY AND VOCAL EXPRESSION.

CULTURAL EVENTS, STAGE SHOWS, VIDEO LINK UPS WITH CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, LIVE PERFORMANCES IN JAMAICA, BRISTOL. MANCHESTER COVENTRY AND CITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS GIVEN THE BIRRY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE BUILDING HIS GROWING REPUTATION IN THE FIELD OF SPOKEN WORD POETRY.

HE HAS PERFORMED WITH MANY ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE, KALAAMU Y SALAAM, SKORPIO THE NEMESIS, MARTIN GLYNN, ROI KWABENA, MOQUAPI SELASSIE, BESHARA, STEEL PULSE, MILTON GODFREY, SALIEU DIBBA CIPHA DIVINE, PETE KALU, YUSEF MOHAMMED, SPICY FINGERS, DENNISTON STEWART,ALTON ELLIS AND MANY OTHERS,

THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN SPENT MAINLY WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS.

AS CO FOUNDER OF THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT GROUP DEVELOPING A RANGE OF CREATIVE ART PROJECTS  FOCUSING ON DISAFFECTED AND SOCIALLY EXCLUDED YOUNGSTERS, YOUNG OFFENDERS AND INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO BUILD   ON THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS AND ABILITIES. BIRRY’S  WORK COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES WHICH LED TO HIS DEBUT ANTHOLOGY “GRIOT” IN COLLABORATION WITH WRITING GROUP WRITERS WITHOUT BORDERS A COLLECTION OF POETS  FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON CD ROM  AND HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF POETIC DELIGHTS  FUSING AFRICAN DRUMMING AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC BEATS WITH THE ECLECTIC BEAT OF THE SPOKEN WORD.

BIRRY WAS BORN IN KINSTON JAMAICA AND CAME TO ENGLAND IN 1966 TO MEET HIS PARENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME  SINCE HE WAS EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD. THE ELDEST OF FIVE  AND SUFFERING FROM CULTURE SHOCK BIRRY STRUGGLED TO SETTLE IN HIS EARLY DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER  HE TOOK ON THE MANTLE OF “MAN OF THE HOUSE” AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN THE NEED TO EARN A LIVING WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FURTHER EDUCATION YET LIVING AND SURVIVING IN THOSE DAYS DESERVED A DEGREE IN ITSELF. MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN AND WITH MANY GOALS YET TO BE ACCOMPLISHED  AND STILL THE  JOURNEY GOES ON AND ON.