To be more precise, the book is called, The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond - and this was a great library find (so make sure you keep using your local one, as you never know what you will discover). This time it is a musical book review from the other side of the business. Chris Blackwell is an oddity, one of life's eccentrics, you could say. He was definitely one of the silver spoon brigade but in such a laid back way, he was able to twist and turn his life until he f

This review of Mark Lanegan's 2020 memoir Sing Backwards And Weep will read more like a straight synopsis of his life than a critique of his writing style. If you were ever thinking of reading this, then be warned, there are spoilers - having said that, if you know anything much of the man and his life story already, then nothing in here should surprise you all that much. To begin with, in some ways it seems a little odd perhaps that the first seventeen or eighteen years of L

I picked this up in a charity store a few months back. I have never been a Springsteen disciple, but have always admired his music, so...