Jordan Bassett used to be a commissioning editor at my beloved NME. Now he’s written his first book. Part of the 33 1/3rd series, the recently released Here's Little Richard tells the story of the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer's 1957 debut, and does so with the flair and precision that I do so love about Jordan’s writing.

In this episode we talk about how the book came to be, how Jordan balanced recounting the sensational nature of Richard’s life with the sublime music he made, and I do my very best to get him into the music of The Make-Up. Buy the book!

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