A journey on the part of the author. The kind of book I like. He takes us to the great Post Industrial cities of Britain using the music each city produced as the common denominator. Starting with Manchester. The birthplace of the Industrail Revolution.What does a city sound like?
Karl Whitney takes a serious, research formed apprach. In contrast with the likes of Stuart Maconie, who is knowledgeabe but whose central aim is to entertain. Whitney wants to inform just as much. It would be logical to post Joy Division, New Order, Smiths or Buzzcocks ger. I'll go with Graham Goulding instead. One of the great Manachester songsmiths,
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