Marcus O’Dair is a Lecturer in Popular Music at Middlesex University. He is also one half of the act Grasscut, who have released two albums on Ninja Tune; before that he was a member and manager of Bellows (Cake/Candid) and, as a session musician, on retainer with IE Music. As a music journalist, he has written for publications including the Guardian and the Independent, and presented music podcasts for the Independent, Music Week and The Barbican. He is a regular studio guest on The Freakzone (BBC 6 Music) and Jazz On 3 (Radio 3) and is currently writing the authorised biography of Robert Wyatt, to be published by Serpent’s Tail in 2014. |
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