The 9th Penderyn Music Book Prize
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The ‘Mercury Prize’ for music literature 20/01/23
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The Penderyn Music Book Prize is the first UK-based prize specifically for music books. It covers books on history, theory, biography, and autobiography – this year featuring 14 brilliant books about music. If you’re looking for a birthday gift for a loved one or something to escape with, these are some great choices.
Included in the list are:
- Rickenbacker Guitars : Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fireglo – Martin & Paul Kelly (Phantom Books)
- Soul Survivor – PP Arnold (Nine Eight Books)
- Let’s Do It – Bob Stanley (Faber & Faber)
- Pride, Pop and Politics – Darry W. Bullock (Omnibus Press)
- Sound of Being Human – Jude Rogers (White Rabbit)
- Some New Kind of Kick – Kid Congo Powers (Omnibus Press)
- Electric Wizards – JR Moores (Reaktion Books)
- Positive Vibrations – Stuart Borthwick (Reaktion Books)
- Access All Areas – Barbara Charone (White Rabbit)
- What Happened to The C86 Kids – Nige Tassell (Nine Eight Books)
- What’s She Like – Helen O’Hara (Route Publishing)
- Ten Thousand Apologies – Adelle Stripe (White Rabbit)
- Totally Wired – Paul Gorman (Thames and Hudson)
- Sound Within Sound – Kate Molleson (Faber & Faber)
The page for this year also shows winners in previous years, which are sure to be worth a look.
All the details here: https://www.penderynprize.com/2023.html
About the author [midierror]: midierror makes nifty Max For Live devices, innovative music hardware, award winning sample packs and hosts a podcast speaking to people in the music world.
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