You might not imagine abstract poetry and folk songs could come from the same brain, but why not? For Brian Laidlaw, these two are endlessly interconnected and inspiring…

Lacking rhyme and complete sentences, Brian Laidlaw's experimental poems are just plain hard for many people. But he's also a songwriter. And when Laidlaw does that, his words reach a wider audience. KFAI's Emily Bright reports. (Photo by Ali Rogers of Prana Lens.)