One year Andy Kershaw was Billy Bragg's roadie, the next he was presenting Live Aid on TV to 400 million people: the new voice of youth. A passionate enthusiast for music, he is a man with an obsessive curiosity about the world. Over a twenty-five year career, he has worked for the Rolling Stones, shared an office with John Peel, and introduced world and roots Music to Radio 1 (and later Radio 3). He has won more Sony Radio awards than any other broadcaster. He has visited 97 countries and as a foreign correspondent filed numerous reports for Radio 4, in particular from the 'axis of evil' countries and from Africa. He was one of the very few journalists present during the Rwanda genocide. In 2007, he separated from his partner, had a breakdown, and spent time in prison on the Isle of Man for his non-violent breaking of a restraining order. But he has put this behind him, writing this book, and returning to the airwaves fronting the BBC's Music Planet series. Andy Kershaw writes about his life with candour, insight, immediacy and humour. This is a real book by a man who has no truck with celebrity nonsense.
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Andy Kershaw was born in Rochdale in 1959 and became (as did his big sister Liz) a Radio One DJ. He presented The Whistle Test and Live Aid for the BBC and for most of the past twenty-five years has had a weekly radio show. He is also a serious foreign journalist, having filed reports for From Our Own Correspondent and for the Observer, Telegraph and Independent. This year he returned to presenting with Radio 3's Music Planet series. He lives in the Isle of Man with his dog, Buster.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Unless you live in the UK, you probably don't know who Andy Kershaw is (unless you are a passionate World Music fanatic) and the best about this book is that you don't have to. Autobiography is usually purchased by a fan who is eager to learn more or dig deaper into the celeb's life but Andy's writing is far above and beyond being just a book about himself.It's the most entertaining music encyclopedia, an amazing behind the scenes look at politics of the World as well as the music industry, a lesson in life and beliving in yourself and Andy's writing will grab you, suck you in and take you on this crazy fun difficult and beautiful journey with him and cheering for him all the way. There should be a movie made based on this except it wouldn't fit in 2 hours so it should really be made into series :)This is a book you never want to lend to anyone, it's a true keeper
Buy it, read it and thank me later.
Buy it, read it and thank me later.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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"Andy Kershaw has led an extraordinary life. His unrivalled role in bringing World Music to the ears of the west is just part of the story of this man whose zest for life, music, people, experience and travel made him the finest British broadcaster bar none. That his life has had its ups and downs is to say that the Alps have snowy peaks, but throughout this dizzyingly paced and often wildly hilarious book he brings alive his matchless career, and the cultural life of a Britain that seems to be vanishing. Forget Media Studies and a life of student debt: read NO OFF SWITCH and learn what it is to be a real broadcast journalist, a real achiever. A real someone."
-- Stephen Fry
-- Stephen Fry
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