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Bristol Music: Sounds of the City

£12.00

Compiled by Bristol music expert Richard Jones, it is an essential guide to Bristol music with a timeline of the key moments in the city’s music history from 1955 to the present day. It includes profiles of almost 100 bands, musicians, DJs and producers who have made a significant impact on the sound of the city from Russ Conway to Massive Attack.

Compiled by Bristol music expert Richard Jones, it is an essential guide to Bristol music with a timeline of the key moments in the city’s music history from 1955 to the present day. It includes profiles of almost 100 bands, musicians, DJs and producers who have made a significant impact on the sound of the city from Russ Conway to Massive Attack.

ISBN: 9781914345449
Size: 130mm X 180mm
Pages: 134
Published: 11/2025

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bristol Music: Seven Decades Of Sound was compiled and edited by Richard Jones, a journalist, author and publisher who spent six years covering the Bristol music scene for the Bristol Evening Post.

He was the post’s music editor from 1986-1992 and was one of the first journalists to interview Massive Attack on the release of their Blue Lines album in 1991.

He was also a member of the Ashton Court Festival management commitee from 1988-1993 and wrote and published a history of the festival: Court in the Act: Ashton Court Festival 1974-1992.

Richard runs his own publishing company Tangent Books and is a director of Bristol Books CIC.