Richard Balls
@RichardBalls
Author of music books. A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan out now via @OmnibusPress. NCFC fan, record collector and occasional film extra.
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Could not be prouder to have the names of Paddy McAloon and Sinéad Gleeson gracing the lovely new cover of the upcoming 'remastered' Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush
A Furious Devotion seen in some good company at the London Piccadilly and Belfast Waterstones.
Check out your local branch for a copy of the fully updated edition.
#books #biography #Waterstones
⭐️ Read about Philippa’s epic equestrian adventure, ahead of a The British Horse Society Society talk and screening of All the Wild Horses at SPILL Festival Think Tank:
folkfeatures.co.uk/a-life-long-eq…
#ipswich #suffolk #folkfeatures
A Furious Devotion is #1 Most Gifted in Music Reference on Amazon ❤️
Brilliant to see so many copies being gifted to fans of Shane and The Pogues.
Thanks to everyone who has purchased the new updated paperback edition!
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #biography #books
Where are you reading your copy of A Furious Devotion? I'd love to hear how far it's travelling.
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #biography #Ireland
The brand new paperback edition of Richard Balls' Shane MacGowan biography, A Furious Devotion is out now – and has been fully updated to include the iconic artist's final months, and the phenomenal response to his passing
hotpress.com/culture/richar…
What a wonderful afternoon listening to Too-Rye-Ay (as it should have sounded) and hearing from Helen O'Hara about her important contribution to this iconic record and the development of Dexys (& Dexys Midnight Runners).
Thanks Reel Connections CIC and Norfolk Libraries - Norfolk County Council!
#Norwich #Dexys #books
Signed copies of the paperback edition of my Shane MacGowan biography are available now at Waterstones Norwich.
This has been fully updated to cover Shane's final days and his extraordinary funeral service in Tipperary.
#shanemacgowan #thepogues #biography #Norwich
Sean O’Hagan so on-form and funny #seanohagan #microdisney #cathalcoughlan #highllamas #rbp #songstolearnandsing #dragcity podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/roc…
My heartfelt hope is that this engrossing film results in Judee's music reaching the wider audience it has always deserved.
Her two albums - both deleted by Asylum at the time of her death - are absolute gems.
#judeesill
Sean O’Hagan: ‘That lovely, beautiful humanity I had with Cathal Coughlan in those later years was amazing’ – Irish Times Culture - Sean O'Hagan on High Llamas Cathal Coughlan/Co-Aklan and more. irishtimes.com/culture/music/…