Voices

Voices isn’t just illuminating and thought-provoking and clever; it is exciting.

Roddy Doyle

A deeply personal hymn, aria, sea shanty and saloon bar serenade… Voices is not merely an elegantly written study of a parade of fabled artists, but a long, heartfelt song of gratitude. It’s well worth hearing.

Graeme Thomson, The Mail on Sunday

Unusual and affecting… An elegant, controlled writer whose curiosity is as engaging as his whooping passion.

Jane Graham, Big Issue

A brilliant read.

James McNair, National

A fantastic writer.

Lois Wilson, Mojo

Exhilarating… Coleman hears better and more clearly with half an ear than the rest of us do in a lifetime with two.

Alexandra Coghlan, Spectator

[Voices] will have you delving into your music collection with fresh thanks and renewed appreciation.

Duncan Fletcher, Shindig!

Not just a gallery of pen portraits of [Nick Coleman's] favourite singers but an impassioned examination of why certain voices ‘speak’ to us… Like the best music criticism of yore, [Voices] tangentially covers the history of popular music… He’s enjoyably sniffy about Jagger; insightful on Joni… but mostly Voices believes in magic.

Chris Roberts, Classic Rock

Fans of all genres can dip in for thoughts on nearly everyone in the rock canon.

Helen Brown, **Books of the Year**, Daily Telegraph

A brilliant book about singing… I have been talking to Nick Coleman about music, in person and in my head, for forty years now. [With Voices] you have the opportunity to hear what I have heard. I hope you take it

Nick Hornby, The Believer

[Coleman] hears, listens, better with a quarter of an ear than most of us do with both. He has the knack of summing up a singer with an epigram that makes the listener thrill in agreement

The Wall Street Journal