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Considering the city of Sheffield’s music heritage – from the future pop of The Human League to stadium rock giants Def Leppard, industrial pioneers Cabaret Voltaire, legendary electronic label Warp, Pulp, ABC, Arctic Monkeys, Self Esteem, hundreds more – it’s borderline impressive that it’s never been chronicled in one book. Other music cities (Manchester, Liverpool, New York) have been 100 times over, but the people of the Steel City are a modest bunch.
Writer Daniel Dylan Wray has now written that book, spanning from 1960 to the early 2020s. It’s called Groovy, Laidback & Nasty, and is publish this week, on 7 May. I spoke with Dan about his first book, from Peter Stringfellow’s forgotten life promoting Jimi Hendrix to the 150+ artists he spoke with to help tell this story. There’s also some good advice for fellow writers, and some hard truths about how writing a book actually works.
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Further reading
Order a copy of Groovy, Laidback & Nasty
Tickets to Dan’s book launches in Sheffield, London and Brighton
Dan’s first article on Sheffield, about historic night club Niche
Jive Turkey for The Guardian
David Lynch interview for Loud And Quiet
Just What is an Industry Plant Anyway? for Loud And Quiet
David Byrne interview for Loud And Quiet
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