Andrew West is a Professor and Head of Postgraduate Studies at Leeds Conservatoire, UK.
"""On roughly 160 pages author Andrew West, Professor at Leeds Conservatoire, goes through a deep and scrupulous analysis of Weller’s formative influences, his times, social upheavals, experiences and unofficial spokesman for the working class that made the man and the artist... The concise biography Paul Weller and Popular Music portrays this artist as an outstanding songwriter and performer, but also as a controversial person."" - Dr. A. Ebert, popcultureshelf.com"