Will Hodgkinson
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social
Author of Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence; In Perfect Harmony, Singalong Pop In 70s Britain; The House Is Full Of Yogis; Guitar Man; Song Man; The Ballad of Britain
Chief rock and pop critic, The Times
Chief rock and pop critic, The Times
I did give him a copy of Street Level Superstar though
This excellent @willhodgkinson.bsky.social #Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net piece in The Sunday Times @thetimes.com and not a single mention of Laurence….
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I did give him a copy of Street Level Superstar though
RIP the great Sly Stone.
Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’
www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...
Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’
www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...
Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’
The musician has penned a memoir while housebound and wired up to an oxygen tank, he tells Will Hodgkinson
www.thetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
RIP the great Sly Stone.
Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’
www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...
Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’
www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...
Budgie speaks! On the Banshees, the Creatures, the shadow of his mother’s death and his crazy life with Siouxsie Sioux in a crumbling pile in France.
www.thetimes.com/article/d995...
www.thetimes.com/article/d995...
My wild life with Siouxsie Sioux
Budgie, the drummer with the Banshees, has written a memoir about his great love affair with the band’s lead singer — and how it fell apart
www.thetimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Budgie speaks! On the Banshees, the Creatures, the shadow of his mother’s death and his crazy life with Siouxsie Sioux in a crumbling pile in France.
www.thetimes.com/article/d995...
www.thetimes.com/article/d995...
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A month to go South London: Lawrence, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social & @sian-superman.bsky.social Street-level Superstar, The Ivy House Nunhead 🎟️ tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
street-level superstar: An evening with LAWRENCE Tickets | From £13.75 | 19 Jun @ The Ivy House, London | DICE
The Rock 'n' Roll Book Club present - An evening with the street-level superstar himself: Lawrence (Felt/Denim/Mozart Estate).
street-level superstar: a yea...
tinyurl.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A month to go South London: Lawrence, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social & @sian-superman.bsky.social Street-level Superstar, The Ivy House Nunhead 🎟️ tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
Spoke with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, one of the only bands of over 50 years’ standing still making great records, like the forthcoming and appropriately titled MAD!
www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...
www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...
Sparks: ‘We can’t understand why other brother acts have so much trouble’
Ron and Russell Mael talk about 50 years in the music industry — from subsisting on food stamps to dancing with Cate Blanchett
www.thetimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Spoke with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, one of the only bands of over 50 years’ standing still making great records, like the forthcoming and appropriately titled MAD!
www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...
www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...
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“Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves:
The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance”
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times
The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance”
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times
Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves
The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance
www.thetimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves:
The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance”
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times
The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance”
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times
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South London folks. We’re heading to the Ivy House Nunhead with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Lawrence and @sian-superman.bsky.social 19 June - join us.
tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
street-level superstar: An evening with LAWRENCE Tickets | From £13.75 | 19 Jun @ The Ivy House, London | DICE
The Rock 'n' Roll Book Club present - An evening with the street-level superstar himself: Lawrence (Felt/Denim/Mozart Estate).
street-level superstar: a yea...
tinyurl.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
South London folks. We’re heading to the Ivy House Nunhead with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Lawrence and @sian-superman.bsky.social 19 June - join us.
tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...
A New Kind of Wilderness is one of the most moving docs I have seen in years - a tale of grief, alternative living and the challenge of holding onto your ideals. And the Payne family’s choice to go off grid chimed with my own odd, albeit more suburban childhood.
www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...
www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...
Our family lived off-grid in the forest — then Mum died
A new documentary follows a British couple and their four children as they deal with grief, loss and home-schooling. Will Hodgkinson meets them now
www.thetimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A New Kind of Wilderness is one of the most moving docs I have seen in years - a tale of grief, alternative living and the challenge of holding onto your ideals. And the Payne family’s choice to go off grid chimed with my own odd, albeit more suburban childhood.
www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...
www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...
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My Dad - a very cool man in his eighth decade - is taking a cruise around the Mediterranean. His holiday reading companion is ‘Street Level Superstar’ by @willhodgkinson.bsky.social.
I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress
I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress
April 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My Dad - a very cool man in his eighth decade - is taking a cruise around the Mediterranean. His holiday reading companion is ‘Street Level Superstar’ by @willhodgkinson.bsky.social.
I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress
I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress
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Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...
Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time
A book about Lawrence — lead singer of the bands Denim and Felt — by the Times pop and rock critic Will Hodgkinson has won a prestigious award
www.thetimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...
@willhodgkinson.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...
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Well this is lovely. A huge and deserved congrats to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social - and Lawrence - for winning the Penderyn Book of the Year prize.
And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books
And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books
March 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Well this is lovely. A huge and deserved congrats to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social - and Lawrence - for winning the Penderyn Book of the Year prize.
And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books
And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books
Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence has won the 2025 Penderyn Prize. Thanks to everyone who has helped on the crazy journey, with extra special thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for all he has done.
March 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence has won the 2025 Penderyn Prize. Thanks to everyone who has helped on the crazy journey, with extra special thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for all he has done.
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The mighty Tom Sheehan talks to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social about photographing Oasis. ‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis
www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...
www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...
‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis
The music photographer captured the rise and fall of the Gallagher brothers’ band over a wild decade
www.thetimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The mighty Tom Sheehan talks to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social about photographing Oasis. ‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis
www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...
www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...
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“It ended up being the ruin of the band, the nail in the coffin.” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social
Remembering the Sex Pistols-Induced Anarchy in 1970s America
Ahead of their reunion, the British punk band recalls the madness of their U.S. tour—drugs, cowboys, and all.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“It ended up being the ruin of the band, the nail in the coffin.” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social
Yes it is in the possession of the Scottish artist Jim Lambie - who promises to wheel it out next time Mozart Estate do a Glasgow gig
Do you know where the head is now Will? Is it on display somewhere. I'm absolutely loving the book. I'm in the midst of a Lawrence obsession now though (partially your fault)
March 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes it is in the possession of the Scottish artist Jim Lambie - who promises to wheel it out next time Mozart Estate do a Glasgow gig
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Will Hodgkinson: “Diría que, más que querer ser una estrella famosa del pop, Lawrence prefiere representar ese papel”
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.
Will Hodgkinson: manual de sabotaje (con Lawrence)
www.rockdelux.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Will Hodgkinson: “Diría que, más que querer ser una estrella famosa del pop, Lawrence prefiere representar ese papel”
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.
The real story of Charli xcx’s Brat, from its producer and co-mastermind A.G. Cook
www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...
www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...
From Brat to the Brits: meet Charli XCX’s secret weapon
A. G. Cook has worked with the singer since they met at a party a decade ago — now he’s been been crowned producer of the year
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The real story of Charli xcx’s Brat, from its producer and co-mastermind A.G. Cook
www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...
www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...
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. @willhodgkinson.bsky.social dedicó doce meses de su vida a desvelar el enigma tras la máscara de Lawrence (Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart y Mozart Estate). El resultado de semejante hazaña es el libro “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.
Will Hodgkinson: manual de sabotaje (con Lawrence)
www.rockdelux.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
. @willhodgkinson.bsky.social dedicó doce meses de su vida a desvelar el enigma tras la máscara de Lawrence (Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart y Mozart Estate). El resultado de semejante hazaña es el libro “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.
José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.
Just heard the news about Roberta Flack. So many nights spent listening to this masterpiece.
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just heard the news about Roberta Flack. So many nights spent listening to this masterpiece.
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Happy Release Day for @brookecombe.bsky.social “Dancing At The Edge Of The World” produced by @jamesskelly.bsky.social
Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended
music.apple.com/us/album/dan...
#MusicSky 🎧
Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended
music.apple.com/us/album/dan...
#MusicSky 🎧
Dancing At The Edge Of The World by Brooke Combe on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy Release Day for @brookecombe.bsky.social “Dancing At The Edge Of The World” produced by @jamesskelly.bsky.social
Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended
music.apple.com/us/album/dan...
#MusicSky 🎧
Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended
music.apple.com/us/album/dan...
#MusicSky 🎧
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Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.
January 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.
Spoke to Noel G, Shaun Ryder, Bez and Zak Starkey about their new group Mantra of the Cosmos.
Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’
Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’
www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...
Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’
Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’
www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...
Mantra of the Cosmos: the secrets of Bez’s supergroup
Noel Gallagher, Ringo’s son, and the Happy Mondays have joined forces in a supergroup, with music that combines Dylan, Dali ‘and a bit of cosmic jibber-jabber’
www.thetimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Spoke to Noel G, Shaun Ryder, Bez and Zak Starkey about their new group Mantra of the Cosmos.
Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’
Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’
www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...
Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’
Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’
www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...
Great news and well done to everyone on the list. Happy to be in such good company.
The 2025 Penderyn Prize has been announced. Honoured and delighted to have three Nine Eight books in contention. Huge love and congrats to @nigetassell.bsky.social @annadoble.bsky.social and @willhodgkinson.bsky.social
You’ll forgive me if I also roll my eyes out of my head at this point
You’ll forgive me if I also roll my eyes out of my head at this point
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Great news and well done to everyone on the list. Happy to be in such good company.