The Paul Lester Show

Paul Lester has been writing about music and interviewing musicians for over 20 years. He began freelancing for Melody Maker and Time Out in the late 80s, and was made Features Editor of Melody Maker in 1993.

In 1997, he was a member of the team that launched Uncut Magazine where he became Deputy Editor. In 2006 he went freelance again and has since written extensively for The Guardian, the Times, the Sunday Times, the Mail On Sunday, the Express, Record Collector, Classic Rock, and the Jewish Chronicle. He has also written books on Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Bjork, the Verve, Gang Of Four, Wire, Dizzee Rascal, Lady Gaga, Robbie Williams, the Spice Girls, and Pink. Recently Paul has perhaps become best known as the writer of The Guardian’s renowned ‘New Band Of The Day’ column, for which he has covered over 1000 up-and-coming artists.

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