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The Music of 2011
Posted On: December 29, 2011Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
Music journalist and author Simon Reynolds gives us his best of 2011, with some known and not-so-known names in the mix…
Read More...Jarvis Cocker Goes Back to School
Posted On: November 2, 2011Posted In: Extracts, Interviews
Publisher: Faber
To celebrate the publication of Mother, Brother, Lover – a compilation of song lyrics spanning 30 years – on 6 October 2011 Jarvis Cocker (Faber’s recently appointed new Editor-at-Large) paid a visit to his old secondary school, The City School in Sheffield, to meet the students…
Read More...Jarvis Cocker: Mother, Brother, Lover
Posted On: August 2, 2011Posted In: Video
Publisher: Faber
Faber is publishing Jarvis Cocker’s Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics in October 2011. In an interview with Faber Publishing Director Lee Brackstone, Jarvis discusses lyric-writing, his inspiration, habits and thoughts on publishing his first collection.
Read More...Listen to The Soundtrack of a Northern Life podcast
Posted On: May 9, 2011Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
In his eagerly awaited new book, Reelin’ in the Years DJ Mark Radcliffe takes a record from each year of his life, using the song as a starting point from which to reach out and pull together a wonderfully entertaining catalogue of memories and asides about British culture.
Read More...Peter Hook’s The Hacienda App
Posted On: January 18, 2011Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
As young and naive musicians, the members of New Order were thrilled when their record label Factory opened a club. Yet as their career escalated, they toured the world and had top ten hits, their royalties were being ploughed into the Hacienda and they were only being paid £20 per week…
Read More...Norman Lebrecht on Mahler
Posted On: January 4, 2011Posted In: Audio
Publisher: Faber
Norman Lebrecht is one of the most widely read commentators on music and cultural affairs. He has written twelve books about music, the latest, Why Mahler? explores the Mahler Effect, a phenomenon that reaches deep into unsuspecting lives, altering the self-perceptions of world leaders, finance chiefs and working musicians.
Read More...An extract from The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club
Posted On: October 27, 2010Posted In: Extracts, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Peter Hook reads an extract from his topsy-turvy days as one of the most popular musicians ever.
Read More...Ecstasies of Pop and Rock: Pete Townshend and the Faber music list
Posted On: July 30, 2010Posted In: Richard T. Kelly
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Richard T. Kelly examines the influence of The Who’s guitarist and songwriter on Faber and Faber’s broad-ranging music list, takes a look at contemporary music writing, and Rob Young’s new study of English music over the last 200 years through a pagan veil.
Read More...July non-fiction round-up
Posted On: July 28, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
This month, Bookhugger’s publishers have a wide-ranging selection of non-fiction titles – from classical, pop and jazz music to exploration in hot and cold extremes, from a must-read history of philosophy to observations on the soul-sapping world of work, and countries in economic and environmental crisis.
Read More...Ten songs to tie into my life, by Mark Radcliffe
Posted On: July 5, 2010Posted In: Articles, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
DJ Mark Radcliffe, whose book Thank You For the Days is out now in paperback, picks ten tracks to tie in to his life story – read about them here on Bookhugger and the watch the playlist on YouTube.
Read More...Rob Chapman on Syd Barrett
Posted On: July 2, 2010Posted In: Video
Publisher: Faber
Syd Barrett is one of the great unknowns of twentieth century music. The early creative force behind Pink Floyd, he spent most of the second half of his life outside of public view, away from fans, press and ex-band members. In Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head, author Rob Chapman attempts to dispel the myths surrounding Syd. Here he shares his experiences researching the life of a notoriously private artist.
Read More...April non-fiction round-up – part one
Posted On: April 22, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Part one of our selection of fantastic non-fiction releases from April – from the West Coast of American to Africa, from Nelson Mandela to Bonnie and Clyde, there’s something here for all tastes.
Read More...Nick Kent and I
Posted On: March 30, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
Faber’s Angus Cargill describes his first encounter with the work of music journalist Nick Kent.
Read More...March non-fiction round-up
Posted On: March 24, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Enjoy Bookhugger’s roundup of the fantastically diverse non-fiction titles that have hit the bookshops this March – from Mussolini to the Mafia, and Eastenders to Okinawa, it’s all here.
Read More...How not to run a club…
Posted On: December 28, 2009Posted In: Extracts, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
As young and naive musicians, the members of New Order were thrilled when their record label Factory opened a club. Yet as their career escalated, they toured the world and had top ten hits, their royalties were being ploughed into the Hacienda and they were only being paid £20 per week!
Read More...Dave Simpson talks about The Fall and the fallen…
Posted On: October 6, 2009Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Canongate
Dave Simpson made it his mission to track down everyone who has ever played in Britain’s most berserk, brilliant group, The Fall. He uncovers a changing Britain, tales of madness and genius, and wreaks havoc on his personal life. Simon Parker asked him about it.
Read More...September non-fiction round-up
Posted On: September 29, 2009Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
If fiction’s not your thing, September sees a wealth of fascinating new non-fiction hitting the shelves, including : biographies of characters as diverse as a novelist, a poker star, a movie mogul and a top tailor; and histories of the liberation of Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Read More...James Yorkston reading his article from Loops, Issue 01
Posted On: September 16, 2009Posted In: Video
Publisher: Faber
James Yorkston reads an extract from his piece ‘Perfect Button Drumming’, commissioned for new music journal Loops. Published by Faber and Faber & Domino Records, Loops is a bi-annual magazine of music writing from authors, musicians and journalists.
Read More...Extract and author tour dates for Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro
Posted On: September 7, 2009Posted In: Extracts, News
Publisher: Canongate
Canongate is extremely excited to publish Nick Cave’s new novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. You can read an extract from the novel here on Bookhugger and you also can listen to four chapters (for free) from the unabridged audiobook on the official website, www.thedeathofbunnymunro.com.
Read More...Drugby Union, by Richard Milward
Posted On: August 21, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
Drugs and music make a wonderful couple. Without wanting to sound like a soggy-eyed grandmother-in-law, it’s like they really were made for each other. The best drugs make the best sounds sound even better, like replacing your old worn-out ears with new, state-of-the-art surround-sound speakers for a few sacred hours.
Read More...August non-fiction round-up
Posted On: August 18, 2009Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Who needs fiction when you’ve got a much loved children’s author who turns out to be a Communist spy, a famous scientist who turned his hand to making money, the making of arguably the greatest-ever jazz album and the perpetual dissolution of one of the world’s maddest rock bands? It can only be our August non-fiction round-up!
Read More...Q&A with Richard Williams
Posted On: August 5, 2009Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Faber
There have been many books about Miles Davis, one of the twentieth century’s most protean musical figures, but The Blue Moment is unlike any other work on the subject. Faber asked the author, Richard Williams, why Miles Davis holds such a fascination for him and why, even today, Davis’s influence remains so strong.
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