Book Review: Martin Hayes – Shared Notes
With Shared Notes, Martin Hayes has written an engrossing book that illuminates his life-long musical purpose, where his music fits in the multi-faceted world of Irish traditional music, and how he...
View ArticleNew Book Series: ‘Sounding the Century’– the life & times of Bill Leader
Sounding the Century is a projected ten-volume series of books by Mike Butler covering the life of Bill Leader, the sound engineer and producer who straddled the age of traditional song and the folk...
View ArticleJames Yorkston announces second novel “The Book of the Gaels”
Following his bittersweet slacker debut novel 'Three Craws', Jame Yorkston has announced his second: The Book of the Gaels, described by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker as 'An unsentimental and...
View ArticleSacred Bones to publish book on The Source Family
Sacred Bones have today announced that they are to publish a 200-page book on the legendary Los Angeles cult The Source Family and their wildly influential psychedelic rock band Ya Ho Wa 13. Source
View ArticleBook Review: Jude Rogers – The Sound Of Being Human
If you love music and sometimes muse over why it occupies such an important place in your life, you will revel in Jude Rogers' sweeping, often raw, but decidedly life-affirming book 'The Sound of Being...
View ArticleAnthony Joseph’s new poetry collection -Sonnets for Albert
With Sonnets for Albert, Trinidad-born poet Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. Cafe Oto are hosting a special launch event on...
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