Simon Morrison is a scholar and writer specializing in 20th-century music, particularly Russian, Soviet, and French music, with special interests in dance, cinema, aesthetics, and historically informed performance based on primary sources. .. more
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Just a shout that we are officially launching our book Transatlantic Drift at Louder Than Words Festival this Friday.
After great reviews everywhere from The Financial Times to The Wall Street Journal, come along and celebrate.
Tickets available from louderthanwordsfest.com and Event Brite
After great reviews everywhere from The Financial Times to The Wall Street Journal, come along and celebrate.
Tickets available from louderthanwordsfest.com and Event Brite
When they went back to the future in Back To The Future the future was 10 years back from where we are today. Today. #mindblown
Tony Snell - 01/07/2025 - BBC Sounds
Great music, interviews, quizzes and all the weekday talking points.
www.bbc.co.uk
Enjoyed my appearance on BBC Radio Merseyside today, talking about my co-authored book (with Katie Milestone) - Transatlantic Drift.
I’m on around 2 hours 24 mins in, just after ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’… what a song to try and follow.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I’m on around 2 hours 24 mins in, just after ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’… what a song to try and follow.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I’m still eating Easter eggs
A brief history of dance music – from basements to beaches, dancefloors have mirrored social change
These were hot, dimly lit, crowded, smoke and sweat-filled spaces where the music ricocheted off surfaces and fed directly back into the dancing bodies.
theconversation.com
An article Katie and I penned about our new book : theconversation.com/a-brief-hist...
Rock and the Beat Generation | Simon Warner | Substack
Where hip writers meet hot rockers. Click to read Rock and the Beat Generation, by Simon Warner, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
simonwarner.substack.com
My review of the Jack Kerouac collection Self-Portrait has just been published in Rock & The Beat Generation.
Thank you to Simon Warner for asking me to do and to Charles Shuttleworth for agreeing to send me an actual book, for the review.
simonwarner.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Thank you to Simon Warner for asking me to do and to Charles Shuttleworth for agreeing to send me an actual book, for the review.
simonwarner.substack.com/p/book-revie...
LIVE REVIEW – ANTHONY SZMIEREK: ALBERT HALL – 21/03/2025
Unlike comedian Louis CK (CK for “Székely”), Anthony Szmierek has the chutzpah to stick with his given name, and also the confidence to almost single-handedly bring back the faded-in perm and banging ...
www.silentradio.co.uk
My review of the fabulous Anthony Szmierek : www.silentradio.co.uk/03/24/live-r...
Reposted by Simon Morrison
Silent Radio
@silentradio.bsky.social
· Mar 24
LIVE REVIEW – ANTHONY SZMIEREK: ALBERT HALL – 21/03/2025
Unlike comedian Louis CK (CK for “Székely”), Anthony Szmierek has the chutzpah to stick with his given name, and also the confidence to almost single-handedly bring back the faded-in perm and banging ...
www.silentradio.co.uk
"This is life-affirming: Rave plus 80s plus rap plus spoken word plus energy plus moustaches plus perms."
@docdisco.bsky.social reviews Anthony Szmierek at Albert Hall
www.silentradio.co.uk/03/24/live-review-anthony-szmierek-albert-hall-21032025/
@docdisco.bsky.social reviews Anthony Szmierek at Albert Hall
www.silentradio.co.uk/03/24/live-review-anthony-szmierek-albert-hall-21032025/
Well hell-oooooooo x