Matthew Wright (critic)
Matthew Wright is a British critic and author of Seasick Steve: Ramblin’ Man, a 2016 biography of bluesman Seasick Steve. Wright studied English at University College London, followed by a Master of Studies in Research Methods in English from Merton College, Oxford, and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck College, London. As a journalist, Wright has written for publications including The Times Literary Supplement, The Tablet, The Guardian, Jazzwise and Songlines. He is currently a writer for The Arts Desk. He writes about music, books, television, and education. He is also interested in the culture of cycling, and has contributed to Singletrack Magazine and The Guardian's Bike Blog.
Seasick Steve: Ramblin’ Man[edit]
In June 2016 Wright published Seasick Steve: Ramblin’ Man through the British publisher John Blake Books. The book is an unauthorized biography of blues performer Seasick Steve, who appeared on on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny BBC TV show on New Year's Eve 2006.[1][2] In the book Wright alleges that biographical details provided by Steve and his friends were false. Among the claims in the book, Wright claimed that Steve was born in 1951 as opposed to 1941, that his birth name was Steve Leach, and that he had acquired the name through a 1982 marriage to a Norwegian woman named Elizabeth Wold.[3][4] According to the author of the biography the claims are backed up by first-hand testimony and archival material. Chris Parker, reviewing the book in London Jazz News, said: "Matthew Wright, however, has done enough digging around in Seasick Steve’s past to be able confidently to label the singer’s widely accepted self-description as ‘a defiant act of the imagination'"[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Bergen, Paul (June 8, 2016). "Bluesheld Seasick Steve loog: hij was geen ruige zwerver". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Lammens, Roy (2016-06-09). "Is Seasick Steve wel wie we denken dat hij is?" (in Nederlands). Artiesten Nieuws. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Fontein, Just (June 8, 2016). "Biograaf: Seasick Steve verzon van alles over verleden". De Volkskrant (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ Vollaard, Jan (June 9, 2016). "Seasick Steve loog tegen me. Hoe naïef kon ik zijn?". NRC Handelblad. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ↑ http://www.londonjazznews.com/2016/06/book-review-matthew-wright-seasick.html
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