Rob Young

Music writer; Electric Eden

Born
1968, Bristol, England

Rob Young is a music journalist who joined The Wire in 1993 and spent five years as its editor. His 2010 book Electric Eden explores the story of British folk music and its visionary strands through the 1960s and 1970s. He has also written histories of Warp Records and the band Can.

Further reading: Wikipedia

Recordings and books

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