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Book Review: Sean Egan “Bruce Springsteen & Born To Run 50 Years”

October 6, 2025 Tim Martin 1

Half a century on, Bruce Springsteen’s third studio album remains one of the core texts of rock music. Released in August 1975, “Born to Run” helped Springsteen go from a promising, if poorly selling, New Jersey […]

Book Review: Billy Bragg “Billy Bragg- A People’s History”

September 19, 2025 Tim Martin 0

This book, which feels like a labour of love on all parts, compiles 700 fan memories into a chronological community narrative of Billy Bragg’s life and influence. From his start in Barking, Essex, through the founding […]

Paperback Riders: Kim Stanley Robinson “The Years of Rice and Salt”

September 12, 2025 Tim Martin 0

One of the most interesting history books of the last decade or so was Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads.’ His premise is that the historical centre of the world isn’t North West Europe, but somewhere between […]

Book Review: Tamara Saviano “Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music”

September 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Firstly, who is Tamara Saviano? Her website describes her as “an author, producer and creative ringleader.” Her productions focus mainly around tribute albums, including the excellent ‘This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark’ and […]

Book cover of Kristina R. Gaddy & Rhiannon Giddens book Go Back and Fetch It

Book Review: Kristina R. Gaddy and Rhiannon Giddens “Go Back And Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music In The Americas For Fiddle and Banjo”

August 29, 2025 Andy Short 2

Kristina R. Gaddy is a Swedish-American writer who has researched and written hard-hitting non-fiction books. Notably, “A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery” and “Flowers In The […]