Hook Line And Singer

From Cerys Matthews radio 6 DJ ex-singer of Brit Pop band Catatonia and one of Britain's best known music devotees comes Hook Line and Singer a sing-a-long book for all the family for any occasion. After more than thirty years of singing travelling and collecting songs Cerys Matthews still finds there's no better way to spend time than singing along in good company. In Hook Line and Singer she invites you to join her in a grand old singalong. From songs for young families through tunes for vintage-lovers trips away American favourites and songs for times of optimism ending with celebration songs for Christmas and New Year this is a book filled with Cerys' own memories and musical arrangements. A mix of the traditional and contemporary Hook Line and Singer presents music and lyrics clearly
so the book can be sung as well as read offering you the stories behind the songs their ages and origins and the reason for their inclusion. This is a life-affirming book of the most memorable melancholy silliest and easiest-to-sing songs that Cerys knows designed to keep handy at home for those moments when only a song will do. Cerys Matthews is a singer songwriter author and broadcaster hosting a popular weekly radio show on BBC6 Music and appearing on The Voice with Tom Jones. A collector of songs for over thirty years she has also written and presented documentaries on subjects such as Blue Horizon (the iconic British blues label) Sacred Harp singing and Dylan Thomas. A columnist for the number one world music magazine Songlines she is the author of children's stories Tales from the
Deep and Gelert A Man's Best Friend. She was lead singer and songwriter for the multi-million-selling band Catatonia and duets with Sir Tom Jones on the perennial winter favourite 'Baby It's Cold Outside'. She lives in West London with her children.