Billy Bragg: A People’s History (Spenwood Books)
Musicians aren’t necessarily good writers or particularly clear minded enough to capture social history under a bigger lens than that of their own history,...
Iain Matthews: A People’s History by Richard Houghton
Spenwood Books
Mention Iain Matthews’ name to most music fans and, if the answer isn’t "who?", then it’s likely to be "oh, isn’t he the...
Carl Miller’s Backstage Chronicles: Rock Stars Behaving Badly
Carl Miller has put together Backstage Chronicles, a series of stories and anecdotes about life on the road in the music business, spanning several...
Mott the Hoople Icon Ian Hunter Career Captured in Rare Ross Halfin Photo Book
First off, let's get one thing straight: Ian Hunter is a rock 'n' roll legend. His work in making Mott the Hoople the band...
Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour: The Book That Captures Rock History
Richard Houghton | Spenwood Books | 1969 U.S. Tour
Up to 1969, The Rolling Stones had endured a couple of traumatic years which had seen...
ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator
Many younger fans, asked to name a Peter Hammill / Van der Graaf Generator (VdGG) song, probably couldn't do so if their mothers' lives...
Time And Tide: The Definitive Big Big Train Book
This is a review of Time And Tide, the Big Big Train book by Andrew Wild & Douglas Helvering.
From their late eighties origins in...
