Andy Childs

• The Caught by the River Book of the Month: May

  Bob Stanley’s prequel to 'Yeah Yeah Yeah', 'Let’s Do It' (soon to be published by Faber) is the only book that brings together...

  3rd May 2022

• Long Players

  Edited by Tom Gatti, 'Long Players: Writers On The Albums That Shaped Them', published last month by Bloomsbury, sees 50...

  11th July 2021

• The Caught by the River Book of the Month: May

  Book of the Month is Jennifer Lucy Allan's 'The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast'; an odyssey told...

  4th May 2021

• Beeswing

  'Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding my Voice 1967-75', the memoir of Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson, is just-published by...

  8th April 2021

• The Moth and the Mountain

  Andy Childs reviews Ed Caesar's story of love, war and Everest, recently published by Viking. Being a sucker for heroic...

  24th January 2021

• Sam Amidon

  A new, self-titled record from Sam Amidon came out on Nonesuch last week. Despite his credentials, this is a decidedly...

  1st November 2020

• The Stubborn Light of Things

  Andy Childs writes in praise of Peter Rogers' serene soundtrack to hit Melissa Harrison podcast 'The Stubborn Light of Things'....

  14th August 2020

• Small Hours: The Long Night Of John Martyn

  Andy Childs reviews Graeme Thomson's newly published account of the revered guitarist and songwriter's tumultuous life and times. One day...

  18th July 2020

• Antidotes

  A roundup of welcome and wonderful distractions, this time guest-selected by Andy Childs. Beautiful Music In The NightThis is a...

  31st May 2020

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