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Richard Witts was born in Cleethorpes on the coast of Lincolnshire and lives in Brighton on the coast of Sussex. He writes books on
music and society, and he has a special interest in the workings of cultural institutions. Richard teaches at Goldsmiths’ College (University of
London), the University of Surrey (in sociology and music) and the University of Sussex, and gives lectures elsewhere. In connection with
Goldsmiths’, he is currently researching music presentation on BBC radio and television. Richard has been appointed Fellow in Music at the
University of Edinburgh from September 2007.
**Catch Richard on BBC Radio 4 on 6 January 2009 at 1130 am, talking with Marc Riley about Nico. Here it is as a podcast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gd1t0/Femme_Fatale_The_Story_of_Nico/. A previous BBC Radio 4 contribution about Nico for 'Woman's Hour' in 2007 can be found via:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2007_35_thu.s**
**There are four extracts on YouTube of Richard's keynote paper for the University of Salford's conference on The Fall, 6 May 2008. The links are:
(i) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6yCShYXH4s&feature=channel_page
(ii) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWN1IS3LSc&feature=channel
(iii) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7U-xjHJynEs&feature=channel
(iv) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kzEao_Cf57Y&feature=channel**
**Richard's latest book is titled 'The Velvet Underground'. It's a study of the music and context of the influential
band. Published by the University of Indiana Press in America and Equinox in
Britain. You can read reviews of Richard's latest book from The Guardian ('paperback of the week') and the London Review of Books by clicking on these links: http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1878733,00.html and http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n06/grei01_.html.**
**Here's a link to a podcast of Richard's lecture on Critical Theory for the Media & Culture course at the school of Art, Culture &
Environment at the University of Edinburgh:
https://ace-podcast.ace.ed.ac.uk/groups/ltblog/weblog/e6cf7/**
**A full-page article on Richard's university work can be found in The Independent Thursday 18 September 2008, Education section, p.10. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/is-music-policed-and-controlled-933831.html"**
**Here's a podcast of Richard chairing the opening session of the 2008-9 Institute of Musical Research seminar programme with speaker Stephanie Pitts (University of Sheffield) on the subject of 'Musical Audiences: Understanding the Experience of Live Music Listening':
http://podcast.ulcc.ac.uk/accounts/SAScasts/IMRDirections_021008/Pitts_320x240_25fps_IPod.mp4
(sound only):http://podcast.ulcc.ac.uk/accounts/SAScasts/IMRDirections_021008/Pitts_.MP3**
**He can be found in Lucy O' Brien's biography titled 'Madonna- Like an Icon' (HarperCollins 2007) - see index - and in Simon Reynold's 'Rip It Up and Start Again - postpunk 1978-1984' (Faber, 2006). He also appears several times in Clinton Heylin's Babylon's Burning - From Punk to Grunge (2007, Canongate USA/2008, Penguin Books, UK).**
***His current music project is Radio Icebreaker, which can be visited anytime via www.icebreaker.org.uk or www.totallyradio.com***
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