by Dave Bradley | Dec 18, 2014 | Books, Reviews
Greil Marcus (Footprint) 2014, 307pp, RRP $39.95 Marcus, author, journalist, academic, contrarian and one of the key music writers in the English language, here attempts to tell the story of rock ‘n’ roll via ten specially-selected, accepted-history-revising songs...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 17, 2014 | Books, Reviews
Rick Bragg (A&U Canongate) 2014, 498pp, RRP $32.99 Journalist, author and academic Bragg’s formidable tome about Lewis (or ‘Jerry Lee’, but never ‘Jerry’ and especially never ‘Jerry Lewis’) and his life story is written like a steamy, Southern-fried novel, and...