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SUMMARY:ONE FOR THE ROAD The Life & Lyrics of Simon Fowler & Ocean Colour Scene
DESCRIPTION:ONE FOR THE ROAD: The Life & Lyrics of Simon Fowler & Ocean Colour Scen\ne \nThe new limited edition\, fully illustrated hardback coffee table book by Simon Fowler. \nCollaborating with his lifelong friend\, award-winning author\, Daniel Rachel\, One For The Road is presented as an extended conversation featuring 69 personally hand-selected songs by Simon\, including never seen before original handwritten lyrics\, 13 unreleased songs\, and over 350 hand chosen photographs and rarely seen items of memorabilia. This new stunning book offers a unique and illuminating visual record of one of the great songwriters. \nRegular and Special Edition packages\, including a 7 inch record of 2 unreleased songs\, are exclusively available at www.ourfavourite.shop \n \n‘When I was a teenager\, my dream was to become a football commentator. Wanting to become a pop star seemed a stretch too far. It seemed daft enough to want to be John Motson\, let alone John Lennon.’ SIMON FOWLER \nTo find out more about ONE FOR THE ROAD  and receive up to the minute news on the book and special offers\, visit https://www.facebook.com/OFTRbook
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Black British History Through Music
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Black British History Through Music\n\n\nThe Macmillan Hall\, Ground Floor\, Senate House\, Malet Street\, London WC1E 7HU\nSpeakers\nShirley Thompson OBE (renowned composer\, conductor\, violinist and filmmaker)\, Daniel Rachel (musician-turned-award-winning-author)\, Alexander D Great (musician and songwriter)\, Juanita Cox (School of Advanced Study)\n\n\n25 October 2022\, 6:00 – 8:00PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special event organised by the Institute of Historical Research and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies(Opens in new window) in partnership with the AHRC-funded project ‘The Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context(Opens in new window)’ looks at the ways in which music has reflected the experiences of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and contributed to the betterment of British society. We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by three very special guests: \nProfessor Shirley Thompson OBE(Opens in new window) is an internationally renowned composer\, conductor\, violinist and filmmaker. Born in London to Jamaican parents\, Shirley has maintained a long-running interest in exploring the histories of the Windrush Generation\, dating back to her 1992 film Memories in Mind: Women of the Windrush Tell Their Stories. She subsequently composed an operatic work\, Women of the Windrush\, which has been performed several times including at RADA. She was invited to compose a work for the first commemoration of Windrush Day in 2018 and created Psalm to Windrush for the Brave and Ingenious which was performed at Westminster Abbey and at the National Windrush Monument Unveiling on 22 June 2022. Shirley will be talking about the part her music has played in recognising the contribution of the West Indian diaspora. \nDaniel Rachel (Opens in new window)is a musician-turned-award-winning-author.  His first book\, Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters\, was a Guardian and NME Book of the Year. His 2017 book\, Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism\, 2 Tone and Red Wedge won the the Penderyn Music Book prize. He followed this in 2019 with Don’t Look Back in Anger: The rise and Fall of Cool Britannia\, an Evening Standard and Metro Book of the Year. His latest book\, Like Some Forgotten Dream: What if the Beatles hadn’t split up was published in 2021. Daniel will be talking about racism in the British music industry\, the Rock Against Racism movement\, 2 Tone and Red Wedge. \nAlexander D Great (Opens in new window)(Alexander Loewenthal)\, is a professional musician and songwriter who has appeared on stage\, television and radio in Trinidad\, Dominica\, Canada and the UK. Born in Port of Spain\, Trinidad\, and brought up in London\, Alexander began his musical career in the 1960s and rediscovered his calypso roots in the late 1980s. From February 2000 until July 2012 he was calypsonian-in-residence for the BBC and he was UK Calypso Monarch in 2010 and 2011. Alexander has also appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. He is Calypsonian in Residence for the Windrush Foundation\, composing commissioned songs about people and topics pertaining to the Windrush story. For this event\, he will perform a variety of songs including some that explore the struggle of the ‘Windrush Generation’. \nChair: Dr Juanita Cox(Opens in new window) (School of Advanced Study. Research Fellow on the ‘Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context’). \n \nAll welcome \nThis event is free to attend\, but booking is required.
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