Mark Blake (writer)
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Mark Blake is a British music journalist and author. His work has been published since 1989 in The Times and The Daily Telegraph, and the music magazines Q, Mojo, Classic Rock, Music Week and Prog.
Career
Blake is the author of Us And Them: The Authorised Story Of Hipgnosis, published by Nine Eight Books in February 2023, Magnifico! The A–Z Of Queen, published by Nine Eight Books in November 2021, and Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, The Story Of Rock's Greatest Manager published by Little Brown/Da Capo in the UK and US in 2018, and voted a Music Book Of The Year in The Sunday Times, The Times, Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.
His previous books include the best-selling 2007 music biography, Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of
Blake is a former Assistant Editor of
Bibliography
Books
- Blake, Mark (2008). Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. London: Aurum.
- Blake, Mark (2010). Is This the Real Life: The Untold Story of Queen. London: Aurum.
- Blake, Mark (2014). Pretend You're in a War: The Who & The Sixties. London: Aurum.
Articles
- Blake, Mark (December 2014). "The birth & death of Pink Floyd: in the beginning". Mojo. Vol. 253, no. 6. pp. 66–73.
Album reviews
Album title | Artist | Reviewed in |
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The endless river | Pink Floyd | Blake, Mark (December 2014). "[Untitled review]". Mojo. Vol. 253, no. 6. p. 88. |
Book reviews
Date | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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2014 | Blake, Mark (December 2014). "Bryte young thing". Books. Mojo. Vol. 253, no. 6. pp. 118–119. | Drake, Nick (2014). Gabrielle Drake (ed.). Nick Drake: remembered for a while. John Murray. |
References
- ^ "La musique aussi se lit". Metro France (in French). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- 3 News. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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