Oxford-educated, Gales listed author.
POPULAR MUSIC AND AUTOMOBILE CULTURE: A ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM 9.30am-4.30pm, Room CBK 013/1Binks Building, University of Chester, England Friday 22nd June 2012 Event organisers: Dr Chris Hart, Dr Mark Duffett and Dr Beate Peter From Cadillacs to tour buses, motor Continue Reading …
The publisher Bennion Kearney has decided to re-publish my out-of-print 1994 book, Bryan Adams: A Fretted Biography. This rock’n’roll odyssey covers the way that Adams and his manager took on the music industry and how the star levered his ‘regular Continue Reading …
I am listening to LMFAO as I work today. Featuring the unlikely uncle and nephew tag team of Skyblu and DJ Redfoo (collective age 62), their dance rap is very jokey and light-hearted. They apologize for “party rocking” and chant Continue Reading …
I have to say, just when we think that there is nothing more to be said about rock’s great legends, good writers have a habit of finding new angles on the story. My friend Daveth Milton has created an interesting Continue Reading …
I have always enjoyed that subtle mixture of vulnerability, innocence and perseverance in soul singer Candi’s Staton’s wonderful voice. Last week I went to the Royal Northern College of Music to see Candi sing some of her many hits. Just before Continue Reading …