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Men of a Certain Age
My Encounters with Rock Royalty: 'Unmissable', Guardian
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From Jeff Beck to Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi to Kevin Ayers, Kate Mossman has long fostered an interest in male musicians of a certain age. Why is it that when I meet them, I feel something ignite inside me? What is this strange connection -...
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An exploration of the allure of the ageing male rockstar by one of the UK's greatest music writers.
An exploration of the allure of the ageing male rockstar by one of the UK's greatest music writers.
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From Jeff Beck to Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi to Kevin Ayers, Kate Mossman has long fostered an interest in male musicians of a certain age.
Why is it that when I meet them, I feel something ignite inside me? What is this strange connection - to feel so excited, yet so at ease? And how is it that in the presence of a wrinkly rock star twice my age, I sometimes feel like I'm meeting... me?
Featuring nineteen long-form profiles lovingly constructed for The Word magazine and the New Statesman, Men of a Certain Age chronicles the lives of some of the biggest rock stars of our time, including Brian May, Gene Simmons, Terence Trent D'Arby, Johnny Rotten and Nick Cave.
The book is a meditation on the powerful archetype of the ageing rock star, but it is also a personal story - of music and obsession, and of the deep unconscious projections at play in our relationships with the famous people who most capture our hearts. As Kate travels 5,000 miles to try and find Glen Campbell, and to the depths of the Cornish countryside for a rendezvous with Roger Taylor, will she finally unravel the roots of her obsession with the elder statesmen of rock?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781788705646
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nine Eight Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 245.0mm
Weight: 554g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
Kate Mossman is a writer, presenter and broadcaster who has been writing extensively about music and musicians since she started her career working with Mark Ellen and David Hepworth at Word magazine in 2008.
She is the writer and presenter of BBC4 documentaries Girl in A Band (2016), When Pop Ruled My Life (2015) and The Women Who Wrote Rock for Radio 4.
She currently writes for Guardian, Observer and is arts editor for the New Statesman. She lives in London.
Men of a Certain Age is Kate's long-anticipated debut book.
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