Jackie Leven: Live at Borders Bookshop, London
Gavin Martin, Uncut, December 2001
THE BIG denim-clad man sat in front of a generous generation-spanning audience looks at home surrounded by shelves full of books. This is to be expected during his three decades on the troubadour trail, Jackie Leven has drawn deep inspiration from the written word from German literature to detective fiction.
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