NILEISM (THE BLUE NILE)

The creators of just four albums, The Blue Nile are one of modern music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and status as they are about their painstaking methods. Allan Brown, a fan from the time of the band's first album in 1984 and friend of the band's composer Paul Buchanan, analyses the band's appeal through personal memoir, critical study, access to unreleased recordings and encounters with those who have been central to the strange romantic, melancholy course of The Blue Nile.