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Helen O'Hara on BBC Radio Scotland
Helen O’Hara talks to Nicola Meighan on BBC Radio Scotland’s Afternoon Show about her life, work and...
Steve Pringle on Oh Brother Podcast
Steve Pringle guests on the Oh! Brother podcast with hosts Steve and Paul Hanley. (1:00:05)...
Paul Hanley on Late Night Book Club
Paul Hanley on Gideon Coe’s Late Night Book Club on BBC Radio 6 Music talking Hex Enduction Hour and...
Selected reviews
Captures 1980s Manchester’s underbelly, or perhaps heart would be a better term, in all its decadent, grimy glory...
*** Book of the Year*** Shines a light on how Buzzcocks kickstarted Manchester’s punk scene and brought the thrilling DIY aesthetic that inspired hundreds of bands that followed. An essential read...
David Waddington has compiled this truly remarkable history with the kind of empathy and respect that comes from such a close emotional connection to his subject matter...
You Must Get Them All is the yardstick by which all future books on the band will be judged and the bible for those worshipping at the Church of The Fall, past, present and future. This book will be one that I go back to time and time again...
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Sixteen Again
Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me): a love letter from Paul Hanley to his favourite band and his favourite city.
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The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall
Steve Hanley, Olivia Piekarski
Steve Hanley's memoir give unprecedented insight into the intense, highly-charged creative atmosphere within The Fall and their relentless work ethic.
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Thro My Eyes: A Memoir
A memoir by Iain Matthews, one of the music industry’s great survivors. He has been making pitch-perfect records for over fifty years.
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Bringing It All Back Home
Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize When you hear a certain song, where does it take you? What is the secret that connects music to our lives? Heart warming, moving and laugh out loud funny, Bringing It All Back Home is the truest book you will ever read about music and the things that really matter. Author Ian Clayton listens to music as a kid to e..
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Outtakes On Bob Dylan
Outtakes On Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021 brings together five decades of contemporary writing on Bob Dylan by the pioneer of Dylan Studies, Michael Gray
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Michael Gray | Outtakes On Bob Dylan Paperback Edition
Michael Gray's book Outtakes On Bob Dylan has been released as a paperback edition...