Cruel to be Kind: Will Birch + Nick Lowe (with Alison Stewart)

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4 жыл бұрын

Join us as Nick Lowe and Will Birch as they talk about Birch’s new book covering Nick's career, along with with Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's hit show All of It! Purchase a copy of the book here:
www.strandbooks.com/index.cfm...
Described as "Britain's greatest living songwriter," Nick Lowe has made his mark as a pioneer of pub rock, power-pop, and punk rock and as a producer of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, the Damned, and the Pretenders. He has been a pop star with his bands Brinsley Schwarz and Rockpile, a son-in-law to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and is the writer behind hits including "Cruel to Be Kind" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding." In the past decades, however, he has distinguished himself as an artist who is equally acclaimed for the second act of his career as a tender yet sharp-tongued acoustic balladeer.
Biographer Will Birch has known Lowe for over forty years and melds Lowe's gift as a witty raconteur with his own authoritative analysis of Lowe's background and the cultural scenes he exemplifies. Lowe's parallel fame as one of the best interviews in the business will contribute to this first look into his life and work--and likely the closest thing fans will get to an autobiography by this notoriously charming cult figure.
This is not an authorized biography, but Lowe has given it his spiritual blessing and his management and label are fully on board. Cruel to Be Kind will be the colorful yet serious account of one of the world's most talented and admired musicians.
Will Birch is a former drummer and songwriter with the Kursaal Flyers ("Little Does She Know") and The Records ("Starry Eyes"). During the 1980s he moved into record production, working with such acts as Any Trouble, Dr Feelgood, Hollies, Billy Bremner (Rockpile) and the Long Ryders. Throughout the 1990s Will wrote many articles for MOJO and other music magazines. He is the author of No Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Great Pub Rock Revolution, and Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography. He lives near London.
Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Pretenders, The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’ musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal.
Starting with 1994′s The Impossible Bird, Nick has turned out a fantastic string of albums, each one devised in his West London home, and recorded with a core of musicians who possess the same veteran savvy. Lowe brings wit and understated excellence to every performance, leading Ben Ratliff of the New York Times to describe his live show as “elegant and nearly devastating.”
Alison Stewart is an award-winning journalist whose twenty-year career includes anchoring and reporting for NPR, NBC News, ABC News, and CBS News. She got her start covering politics for MTV News, and is currently a PBS correspondent and host. Stewart is a graduate of Brown University. She is the author of Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff.
Recorded September 10, 2019

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@stormbringercoming8105
@stormbringercoming8105 4 жыл бұрын
What a treat for Nick these days. Loved by everybody, making music that he wants to make, loved by his fans. I only hope that perhaps the same thing happens to Graham Parker soon. A true peer.
@kerryforrest6147
@kerryforrest6147 Жыл бұрын
"CRUEL TO BE KIND".....the title in itself is an attention grabber!!!🤗I'm 68 and a songwriter, I love the shine of his hair and a good example to other artists who have hung up their guitars!!! 🍰🥧Plus he writes most of his songs!!! I heard this when it first came out around 1981+82? And I was in my car after work and heard it for the first time and just flipped out and tried like crazy to hear it again and who it was!!! THANK YOU NICK!!! 🍦🍬🍭🧁🍩🍧❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@kevinmummery1606
@kevinmummery1606 4 жыл бұрын
How fortunate we all are to still have Nick Lowe, the most articulate musician I've ever heard.
@richardfinlayson1524
@richardfinlayson1524 2 жыл бұрын
A Master songwriter,you can play his songs hundreds of times,and they still blow you away.He can write a good pop song, but some of them are so sensitive and deep,still retaining the simplicity and melody that makes you want to get up and dance.
@SteveGuion
@SteveGuion 4 жыл бұрын
Love both of these guys, as well as Alison Stewart. Nick Lowe is easily one of the greatest songwriters, singers, bass players, producers of the 20th & 21st century.
@WeeJoePrice
@WeeJoePrice 2 жыл бұрын
Love cruel To be Kind, This has got to be the best version ever........Thanks Nick.
@iamreg1965
@iamreg1965 4 жыл бұрын
"No Sleep 'til Canvey Island" is a must read for anyone interested in how British Rock 'n' Roll morphed from the breakup of The Beatles until the beginning of punk...via Pub Rock.
@theGrape
@theGrape 4 жыл бұрын
thanks for letting us "attend" through the magic of this video
@DodgeDartSongs
@DodgeDartSongs 4 жыл бұрын
He still got it, the man.
@TwangTown
@TwangTown 4 жыл бұрын
I have one of the pre release copies. With the family history in the beginning.
@alanjones4075
@alanjones4075 4 жыл бұрын
Just seen this video now, 4 months later! Great book.
@richardfinlayson1524
@richardfinlayson1524 2 жыл бұрын
Lately I have been really loving Rose of England,but I've loved that song for over 20 years, never gets old.
@davedillon1372
@davedillon1372 Жыл бұрын
I just saw Los Straightjackets w/X (12-13-22) nice poster; almost impossible to get ink to stick on it's 'pebbled'/dotted surface but lovely.
@blueskingola3074
@blueskingola3074 3 жыл бұрын
Great!!! So cool!!!!
@placebosyndrome
@placebosyndrome 4 жыл бұрын
this makes me incredibly happy.
@sharotej
@sharotej 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up. Quite charming.
@andybowen1249
@andybowen1249 4 жыл бұрын
Nick Lowe is one hell of a guitar player,those chord shapes are mental.
@mairianncullen8753
@mairianncullen8753 2 жыл бұрын
The book is excellent! Well worth buying if you are a Nick Lowe fan.
@DKentization
@DKentization 4 жыл бұрын
Fun to watch a great music producer/editor, talk about editing his biography...wonderful!
@andrewfrancis7272
@andrewfrancis7272 3 жыл бұрын
Reading the book now, quite enjoyable.
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