This is the 9th year for the Penderyn Music Book Prize and the longlist has just been announced. See below. The judges are:
**Charles Shaar Murray**
**Pete Paphides**
**Gillian Morris**
**Jim Sclavunos**
**Jo Kendall**
**Lenny Kaye**
The prize will be announced at the Laugharne Weekend on Sunday 27th March 2023.
Long List
**Rickenbacker Guitars : Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fireglo – Martin & Paul Kelly (Phantom Books)**
**Soul Survivor – PP Arnold (Nine Eight Books)**
**Let’s Do It – Bob Stanley (Faber & Faber)**
**Pride, Pop and Politics – Darry W. Bullock (Omnibus Press)**
**Sound of Being Human – Jude Rogers (White Rabbit)**
**Some New Kind of Kick – Kid Congo Powers (Omnibus Press)**
**Electric Wizards – JR Moores (Reaktion Books)**
**Positive Vibrations – Stuart Borthwick (Reaktion Books)**
**Access All Areas – Barbara Charone (White Rabbit)**
**What Happened to The C86 Kids – Nige Tassell (Nine Eight Books)**
**What’s She Like – Helen O’Hara (Route Publishing)**
**Ten Thousand Apologies – Adelle Stripe & Lias Saoudi (White Rabbit)**
**Totally Wired – Paul Gorman (Thames and Hudson)**
**Sound Within Sound – Kate Molleson (Faber & Faber)**
More info here: [www.penderynprize.com