Daniel Rachel is in conversation with John Andrews at 1:30pm he also plays a 2 Tone 7” vinyl dj set at 5pm both are on the Meadow Stage.

Musician-turned-award winning author talks about his current book, THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF 2 TONE RECORDS.

AN UNCUT, RESIDENT MUSIC, LOUDER THAN WAR, BLITZED & TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR.

An essential read…fasten your seat belts, rudies’ MOJO

A brilliant book…Nothing is left out of this definitive book THE WIRE

Disputatious, colourful & rife with contradictions UNCUT

An exceptional portrait of Britain at a crucial time IRISH TIMES

A must-read for anyone interested in 2 Tone, ska or British music history LOUDER THAN WAR

A brilliant, insightful book & nothing short of definitive RECORD COLLECTOR

Superb…Rachel writes with the undimmed passion and enthusiasm of the teenage tonic-suited rude boy VIVE LE ROCK

The most extensive & engrossing account of the 2 Tone movement written to date DO THE DOG

The ideal match of author and subject JON SAVAGE

Surely the definitive telling of the 2 Tone story JOHN HARRIS

An incredible and detailed account of a massive watershed moment in British culture GURINDER CHADHA

A great book about a few exceptionally talented people who came together and created something extraordinary CHARLIE HIGSON

Comprehensive, cautionary but nonetheless celebratory saga of the 2 Tone label PAULINE BLACK

The definitive story of 2 Tone. Masterful BILLY BRAGG

Every bit as thrilling, and just as achingly evocative as the music it was written to celebrate… a scintillating read PETE PAPHIDES

The definitive account of one of Britain’s finest youth movements SUGGS