Tag: music memoir
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Blue Light Discos, Books, and Boats: The Swirly World of Andrew Fagan
Introduction: A Swirl of Music, Words, and Water Andrew Fagan is not your ordinary musician. He has spent decades weaving through a kaleidoscope of creative outlets—bands that energized scenes, books that chart personal and cultural maps, and an after-hours life that often feels like a voyage. This is the swirly world of Andrew Fagan: a…
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Suggs’s Honest Playlist: Reflections on a Life in Music and the Curious Joy of Baggy Trousers
Introduction: A frontman’s candid musical journey Sir Paul “Suggs” Gadd, frontman of Madness, is as much a historian of British pop as he is a performer. In a recent candid reveal, he opens up about his honest playlist, tracing the first song that captured his heart, the memories attached to it, and how his relationship…
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Colm O’Regan: Remembrance of Things Past (Even When They’re Barely Past)
Introduction: The lure of memory Colm O’Regan’s latest reflection dives into the fragile line between memory and lived experience. In a piece that begins with a dance floor flashback, the comedian writes about a friend group bound by music, mischief, and the careless joy of youth. The opening image—an ensemble of friends moving together to…
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Robbie Robertson’s Insomnia Memoir: What We Learned
Introduction: A Window into Robbie Robertson’s Creative Mind Robbie Robertson, the iconic guitarist and songwriter of The Band, had long promised a deeper, more personal coda to his acclaimed memoir Testimony. In February 2023, he told Rolling Stone that he was in the process of finishing one of two planned sequels. The anticipated book, often…