BIMM Birmingham
2019-11-28 14:30 - 17:00 UTC
Isle of Noises Masterclass at BIMM, Bimingham

2.30- 3.30pm and 4-5pm
THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON CLASSIC BRITISH SONGWRITING – AS TOLD BY THE SONGWRITERS THEMSELVES

Twenty-seven of the UK’s finest musicians revealed the secrets behind their art in a rare collection of exclusive, in-depth conversations. Daniel Rachel recounts his conversations with them about their individual approaches to writing, the inspirations behind their most successful songs, and the techniques and methods they have independently developed. This masterclass will offer a unique glimpse into the heart of the creative process from some of greatest names in British popular music.
Copies of Isle of Noises will be available to buy and have signed at the end of the session.

Noel Gallagher: Without doubt the finest book I’ve ever read about songwriters and the songs they write.
Annie Lennox: It makes for a fascinating read…Especially if you’re trying to get a sense of what it takes to write songs…
Joan Armatrading: I think you will enjoy this book. It’s a good read and I was really interested to see what other songwriters had to say about their way of going about the creative process.
John Lydon website This is one of the few interviews that pays full respect to John’s musical and lyrical skills and is highly recommended.
Chris Difford: …so much work. It reads really well and prides a place on my coffee table…
Glenn Tilbrook: It’s a really impressive book.
Mail on Sunday 5 page feature
‘Isle of Noises in Conversation with Chris Difford’ https://vimeo.com/107580836

LIPA - Isle of Noises Masterclass
2020-01-17 13:30 - 15:00
Daniel returns to the Liverpool Institue of Performing Arts to dicuss the songwriting techniques of RAY DAVIES, ROBIN GIBB, JIMMY PAGE, BRYAN FERRY, JOAN ARMATRADING, CHAS JANKEL, JOHN LYDON, MICK JONES, PAUL WELLER, STING, ANDY PARTRIDGE, DIFFORD & TILBROOK, MADNESS, JOHNNY MARR, BILLY BRAGG, CHRIS LOWE & NEIL TENNANT, LEE MAVERS, DAMON ALBARN, NOEL GALLAGHER, JARVIS COCKER, LILY ALLEN, and LAURA MARLING
Noel Gallagher: Without doubt the finest book I’ve ever read about songwriters and the songs they write.
Annie Lennox: It makes for a fascinating read…Especially if you’re trying to get a sense of what it takes to write songs…
Joan Armatrading: I think you will enjoy this book. It’s a good read and I was really interested to see what other songwriters had to say about their way of going about the creative process.
John Lydon website This is one of the few interviews that pays full respect to John’s musical and lyrical skills and is highly recommended.
Chris Difford: …so much work. It reads really well and prides a place on my coffee table…
Glenn Tilbrook: It’s a really impressive book.
Mail on Sunday 5 page feature
‘Isle of Noises in Conversation with Chris Difford’ https://vimeo.com/107580836

Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club
2020-02-06 19:00 - 22:00
An Evening with DANIEL RACHEL

We blast into 2020 by correcting a wrong. We have signally failed to bring Daniel Rachel to Walthamstow. We somehow missed the boat with the magnificent and timely (Penderyn Award winning) social history, ‘Walls Came Tumbling Down’, and neither of our schedules allowed room to talk about either his great biog of Ranking Roger or the fascinating oral history of ‘Britpop’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’.
That was then.
The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the ‘Swinging Sixties’ had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. The decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power; of Blur vs Oasis. When catwalks shone with British talent, Young British Artists became household names, football was ‘coming home’ and British film went worldwide. From Old Labour’s defeat in 1992 through to New Labour’s historic landslide in 1997, Don’t Look Back In Anger chronicles the Cool Britannia age when the country united through a resurgence of patriotism and a celebration of all things British. But it was also an era of false promises and misplaced trust, when the weight of substance was based on the airlessness of branding, spin and the first stirrings of celebrity culture. A decade that started with hope then ended with the death of the ‘people’s princess’ and 9/11 – an event that redefined a new world order.
Through sixty-eight voices that epitomise the decade – including Tony Blair, John Major, Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Tracey Emin, Keith Allen, Meera Syal, David Baddiel, Irvine Welsh and Steve Coogan – we re-live the epic highs and crashing lows of one of the most eventful periods in British history. Today, in an age where identity dominates the national agenda, Don’t Look Back In Anger is a necessary and compelling historical document.
Daniel Rachel is a former musician and award-winning author whose previous works include: Isle of Noises (a Guardian and NME Book of the Year), Walls Come Tumbing Down (winner of the Penderyn Music Book prize), When Ziggy Played the Marquee by Terry O’Neill (editor) and co-writer of Ranking Roger’s autobiography I Just Can’t Stop It: My Life in The Beat. Daniel currently lives in North London.
Website: www.danielrachel.com
Twitter: @DanielRachel69

Cheers and Happy New Year! Mark
Walthamstow Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club

Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (GMT)
Waterstones Walthamstow
The Mall, Selborne Walk
#Unit 30 – 31
Walthamstow E17 7JR
United Kingdom
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Isle of Noises Masterclass
2020-02-20 19:00 - 21:00
THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON CLASSIC BRITISH SONGWRITING – AS TOLD BY THE SONGWRITERS THEMSELVES
Twenty-seven of the UK’s finest musicians revealed the secrets behind their art in a rare collection of exclusive, in-depth conversations. Daniel Rachel recounts his conversations with them about their individual approaches to writing, the inspirations behind their most successful songs, and the techniques and methods they have independently developed. This masterclass will offer a unique glimpse into the heart of the creative process from some of greatest names in British popular music.
Noel Gallagher: Without doubt the finest book I’ve ever read about songwriters and the songs they write.
Annie Lennox: It makes for a fascinating read…Especially if you’re trying to get a sense of what it takes to write songs…
Joan Armatrading: I think you will enjoy this book. It’s a good read and I was really interested to see what other songwriters had to say about their way of going about the creative process.
John Lydon website This is one of the few interviews that pays full respect to John’s musical and lyrical skills and is highly recommended.
Chris Difford: …so much work. It reads really well and prides a place on my coffee table…
Glenn Tilbrook: It’s a really impressive book.
Mail on Sunday 5 page feature
‘Isle of Noises in Conversation with Chris Difford’ https://vimeo.com/107580836

Faversham Literary Festival with Andy Miller (Backlisted)
2020-02-23 15:30 - 16:30
Musician and award-winning author Daniel Rachel charts the epic highs and crashing lows of the 1990s and Cool Britannia, from Tony Blair to Noel Gallagher, Tracey Emin and Irvine Welsh. Erudite, thoughtful and funny, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ is an Evening Standard Book of the Year.
Host Andy Miller of Backlisted Podcast fame.
Daniel is the author of ‘Isle of Noises: Great British Songwriters’; ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism’; ‘I Just Can’t Stop It: My Life In The Beat’; and ‘David Bowie: When Ziggy Played The Marquee’.
Sunday 23 February 2020, Arden Theatre, 3.30–4.30pm. £5
Tickets available in early December. Sign up for the newsletter to receive notification

Unconvention Music Conference with Cherry Ghost
2020-03-04 21:00 - 22:00
In conversation with Simon Aldred (Cherry Ghost) about his approach to songwriting. Ivor Novello award winner. Co-writer with Sam Smith, Jake Bugg and Liam Gallagher
Simon will be doing a talk on creativity and his approach to making music, as well as playing some acoustic songs from his catalogue. This promises to be an inspirational insight into the craft of songwriting.

Also Festival
2020-07-04
DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
DANIEL RACHEL

Bright eyed optimism, hedonism, retro, new Labour, Girl Power, football, fashion, art – what do the 90s mean to you? Award-winning author Daniel Rachel discusses his latest book Don’t Look Back In Anger, diving deep into the political, cultural and social landscape of the 90s, with eyewitness accounts and post-match analysis from those who were there. Followed by Britpopaoke.

In 2020, ALSO reaches the dizzy heights of Seventh Heaven as we present ALSO No. 7. Heaven is right, given that Capability Brown sculpted the 50 acres of sculpted parkland in which ALSO sits to look like heaven on earth.
ALSO is the place where ideas run wild, they run through our programming like letters through a stick of rock. A beautiful and relaxing place to get to grips with ideas that inspire and entertain, from leading authors, academics and experts. We pride ourself on the diversity of our music programming with new bands, sounds and audio adventures on a stage backed by half-mile of lake, fringed with trees.
You’ll find us an ideal place for you and your gang, or you and your family to have your restorative, transformative three-day nature fix, mixed with plenty of eating and drinking al-fresco, plus food tasting and demos and so many, many chances to experience something new.
First wave line up here
The Guardian
Top festivals for 2019
The Week
“A weekend of ideas, inspiration, music and delectable food”
The Independent
“A place to revel in nature and discuss the big ideas”
The Daily Telegraph

Deer Shed Festival No. 11
2020-07-26 12:00 - 13:30

Laugharne Literary Festival
2020-10-03 14:00 - 15:00
“An annual weekend of music, book readings and poetry inspires much talking and drinking late into the night, a beacon of chaos in an
over-organised world of festivals.”
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Tracey Thorn in The New Statesman

The Laugharne Weekend is an annual literary and arts festival in West Wales.
The festival is held in the spring in the town of Laugharne.
Dylan Thomas, Laugharne’s most famous inhabitant, described it as a
“timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town.”
The festival is deliberately small-scale. The size of the town – which itself is very small – ensures that the festival will not grow beyond certain bounds. Its location means that festival visitors and townspeople rub shoulders with the artists and performers.
According to the festival’s co-founders, Richard Thomas and the Cardiff writer John Williams,
“The point is that it’s a festival that involves the locality.”
The festival directors have also said:
“I’d sooner start another festival than let it grow too big.”
The Laugharne Weekend concentrates on literature, music and comedy, bringing talent from all over the world but always maintaining a particular kinship with writers and musicians from Wales or who have a connection with Wales.
Previous headline performers have included Patti Smith, Ray Davies of the Kinks, Mick Jones of The Clash, the actor Michael Sheen, the writer Caitlin Moran, the poet John Cooper Clarke, the comedians Harry Hill and Alexei Sayle, the painter Peter Blake etc.
All events take place in Laugharne’s clubs, churches and halls, tiny and intimate venues which entail the close proximity of audience and performers.The principal venues used are the Millennium Hall, the Congregational Church and the Rugby Club
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This Spiritual Feeling - A Celebration of The Style Council
2020-11-28 19:00 - 23:00
Saturday 28th March 2020
Holborn Studios, 59- 65 Eagle Wharf Rd, London N1 7ED
The Style Council was a band of its time, but in many ways, ahead of it. The maverick soul collective wasn’t afraid to mix their styles, look, sound, as well as the musicians throughout their 6 year tenure as one of UK’s most forward thinking bands.
Founders Paul Weller and Mick Talbot, who had both been in previous bands of differing success, approached their new venture in 1983, with a new thinking, new ideals and a total anti-rock outlook, with European Modernism at its pulsating heart.
They were soon joined by D.C. Lee on vocals and Steve White on drums, and the 4 mainstays produced a cache of songs that lit up the hearts and minds of those looking beyond the pop pap, and ever-increasing hairstyles of the digital production era.
Through 5 studio albums, countless singles and successful world tours, The Style Council became for many, THE band of the 1980’s
On Saturday 28th March 2020, the curators of the successful London Modernist, Voices and The Who talk events, celebrate The Style Council through some of its key members, background team and documenters.
Each guest will be ‘in conversation’ in a Q&A style and discuss the many facets that make up one the UK’s most-underrated collectives.
Featuring:
Founding Member – Mick Talbot
Fan Club and Solid Bond Studio Manager – Nicky Weller
Polydor Records A&R Manager – Dennis Munday
Author of ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down’ – Daniel Rachel
Authors and Event Curators – Ian Snowball & Stuart Deabill
Plus surprise special guests!
There will also be a chance for the audience to ask each guest questions and rarely shown footage of the band will be screened throughout the day.
A fully stocked bar, hot drinks and food is available on site.
That Spiritual Feeling is sponsored by Mod Shoes – www.modshoes.co.uk
Tickets are priced £20 and are on sale now from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/486092
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Times Radio interview with Kait Borsay
2020-12-04 00:00 - 00:30
Daniel will be in conversation with Kair Borsay on Frioday night at midmight chatting about the 90s and Don’t Look Back In Anger.

10pm – 1am

Kait Borsay

Thoughtful debates on current issues

The Beatles Like Some Forgotten Dream launch event
2021-09-01 18:30 - 20:00
In conversation with Daniel Rachel

Join award-winning writer Daniel Rachel as he imagines what could have been… Like Some Forgotten Dream draws on impeccable research to examine the Fab Four’s untimely demise, offering a daring re-write of Beatles history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
To attend this exclusive event all you need to do it buy a copy of Like Some Forgotten Dream from us and select to “collect in store”. You will pick up your book on the evening and have the opportunity for Daniel Rachel to sign.
Buy your copy here.

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
18:30 20:00

The Court9 Kingly StreetLondon, England, W1B 5PHUnited Kingdom (map)

Love Music and Culture Hate Racism - guest speaker
2021-09-18 11:30 - 13:00
TUC Midlands & Stand Up To Racism 2021 Anti-racism Summit
We are delighted to be holding our fifth annual anti-racism summit on 18th September 2021, the theme of which is opposing the racist offensive.
After the Black Lives Matter movement has shifted the national debate in a positive direction there is now a push back from those who deny the reality of racism in the UK.
We will be debating how to build and sustain unity in all areas of our society including workplaces, communities and cultural and sports arenas.
Discussions will cover defending migrant’s rights, equality in the workplace, the impact of losing international workers, the Policing Bill and our right to public protest and much more.
Workshops:
The fight for justice and the right to protest
End the hostile environment: refugees welcome
Decolonising education
No to the culture wars: opposing racism in sport
Love music and culture: hate racism
Speakers include:
Diane Abbott MP
Claudia Webbe MP
Shaka Hislop (SRtRC)
Dr Patrick Roach (NASUWT)
Lee Barron (Midlands TUC)
Weyman Bennett (SUTR)
The TUC Midlands & Stand Up To Racism summit provides a forum for anti-racists, trade unionists, faith and community organisations to come together and develop a strategy to combat racism in all its forms.
Register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/tuc-midlands-stand-up-to…

Opposing the racist offensive- building unity
Opening Plenary 11.00 to 11.45

Opposing the racist offensive
Diane Abbott MP, Dr Patrick Roach (NASUWT) Claudia Webbe MP, Naima Omar (SUTR), Chantelle Lunt (BLM)
Monica Taylor (retired member?) Chair Lee Barron
Workshops: 11.50 to 13.00
The fight for justice and the right to protest.
Gary MacFarlane, Chair?
Abeline McShane, (GRT)
Mother of teeager arrested in W Mids
End the hostile environment: refugees welcome
Dinesh (CARAG) Chair Pete Jackson PCS
Pinar Aksu, Pollockshields Glasgow, Espoir Njei LGBT activist,
Salman Mirza( Migrant Voice), Rizwan, (Care4Calais)
Decolonising Education
Chair: Victoria Showumni, chair UCU Black members Section
Augustine Farinola, African Researchers Network CIC UK,
Jennifer Moses, head of equalities, NASUWT,
Diane King, Birmingham NEU member.
No to culture wars: opposing racism in sport
Ged Grebby, (SRtRC) Chair?
Shaka Hislop (SRtRC)
Blues for All
Love music and culture hate racism
Daniel Rachel (author of ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down’) Chair?
Alex (LMHR), ?Zara Sykes
Closing Plenary 13.10 to 13.45
Fighting back against racism, Islamophobia, anti-semitism and the far right.

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OASIS KNEBWORTH: in conversation with John Robb
2021-11-13 12:00 - 13:30
Join author Daniel Rachel in conversation with Louder’s John Robb with a visual treat in store for sure!

This special event will celebrate the access-all-areas book marking the 25th anniversary of the era-defining Oasis concerts at Knebworth, with text by Daniel Rachel and stunning images taken by acclaimed music photographer Jill Furmanovsky – including contributions from Noel Gallagher and Alan McGee, and hundreds of never-before-seen pictures.
In addition to the first-hand commentary by Daniel, our audiences will be treated to a visual feast from the book – what an opportunity to hear, see and indulge!
Event and Discounted Book combo tickets are available (UK carriage included) as well as Event only options – attend in person in Manchester or join our livestream wherever you are around the globe!
There will be a dedicated Book-Signing event immediately afterwards. For Attend In Person tickets, books will be available for collection at the event.

NOV 13

OASIS KNEBWORTH: Daniel Rachel in conversation with John Robb

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2021-11-14 10:15 - 11:30
Like Some Forgotten Dream – What if the Beatles hadn’t split up? The story of the great lost Beatles album…

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This is the story of the great lost Beatles album.
The end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile.
But what if it didn’t end? What if just one of those chances was taken, and the Beatles carried on? What if they made one last, great album?
Join author Daniel Rachel and host Heath Common as they look at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the Fab Four’s untimely demise – and from the ashes compiles a track list for an imagined final album, pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs, and arguing that together they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, Like Some Forgotten Dream is a daring re-write of Beatles history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
A fab event for Beatles enthusiasts, aficionados and those who are just interested to hear more!

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Wanstead Tap: Daniel Rachel in conversation with Travis Elborough
2021-12-01 19:30 - 23:00
Join award winning author Daniel Rachel as he discusses his book examining just what would have happened if the Beatles hadn’t split up. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

About this event

The end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile.
But what if it didn’t end? What if just one of those chances was taken, and the Beatles carried on? What if they made one last, great album?
In Like Some Forgotten Dream, Daniel Rachel – winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize – looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the Fab Four’s untimely demise – and from the ashes compiles a track list for an imagined final album, pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs, and arguing that together they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.
Compelling and convincing, Like Some Forgotten Dream is a daring re-write of Beatles history, and a tantalising glimpse of what might have been.
Praise for Daniel Rachel:
Walls Come Tumbling Down:
‘Superlative…brilliant’ – Q Magazine
‘Triumphant’ – The Guardian
‘Brilliant’ – Mojo
Isle of Noises:
‘In depth, scholarly’ – Q Magazine
‘Fascinating’ – The Guardian / NME
‘Fantastic, insightful interviews’ – Noel Gallagher
Don’t Look Back in Anger:
‘A-grade, A-list’ – The Sunday Times
‘A rollicking read’ – Mail on Sunday
‘Remarkable’ – Art Review
‘Book of the Week’ – The Guardian
Daniel will be joined by the equally award winning Travis Elborough:
Travis Elborough has been a freelance writer, author and cultural commentator for over two decades now. His books include The Bus We Loved, a history of the Routemaster bus; The Long Player Goodbye, a hymn to vinyl records; Wish You Were Here, a survey of the British beside the seaside and London Bridge in America: The Tall Story of a Transatlantic Crossing.
A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution was published by Jonathan Cape in June 2016 and described as ‘a fascinating, informative, revelatory book’ by William Boyd in The Guardian.
The Atlas of Improbable Places, a collaboration with the cartographer Alan Horsfield and specially commissioned by the publisher Aurum, appeared in September 2016 and was saluted by Monocle magazine for ‘making the world feel bigger.’

BEATLES 1 DAY
2022-05-01 12:00 - 23:30
‘The 2022 BEATLES1Day
Beatles all-dayer.
Daniel will be in conversation with Mark Hart from Walthamstow Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club at 3pm
Venue: Walthamstow Trades Hall, Address: 61-63 Tower Hamlets Rd, London E17 4RQ,

Live music is the focus of BEATLES1Day. But we also have record and memorabelia stalls, a live Q and A session with writer Daniel Rachel.

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1DayEVENTS is proud to bring you our annual BEATLES Festival, which celebrates the music of the most famous pop group the world has ever known, The Beatles. In the City where it truly took off, London!
There is so much to do and see that you don’t need to be a Beatle fan to enjoy the festival, though it probably helps!
Live music is the focus of BEATLES1Day. But we also have record and memorabelia stalls, a live Q and A session with writer Daniel Rachel.
13:00-14:00 – Fernando Duarte’s Acoustic Set
14:15-15:15 – Let It BEATLE, Acoustic Duo
15:30-16:30 – Q and A (Mark Hart/Daniel Rachel)
16:45-17:45 – Lennon Live, THE Tribute To Our John
18:00-19:00 – Natural Voices, East London’s Premier Choir
19:15-20:15 – SOMEONE and The SOMETHINGS, Local Heroes Going Beatles Heavy
20:30-21:30 – The Liverpool Echoes, Giving Us The Mersey Sound LIVE
21:45-22:45 – Some Other Guys, Beatles Hits, LOUD!
WE KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY THE SHOW!

Stoke Newington Literary Festival DJ Set
2022-06-04 21:30 - 23:00
I will be playing singles by the Beatles – together and solo – alongside records from the era by the Stones, the Kinks and the Who.
Starting after Will Sergeant’s (Echo & the Bunnymen) DJ set in the main hall at the Mildmay Club

Stoke Newington Literary Festival - Juke Box Fury
2022-06-05 17:00 - 18:00
The World’s Coolest Retired Librarian™ Richard Boon (former Buzzcocks’ manager and creator of Spiral Scratch – referred to as ‘The Most Important Record Ever’) is back with another anarchic panel show format, Juke Box Fury. He has a buzzer and a bin and he’s not afraid to use them. Laura Barton (Sad Songs), Will Sergeant (Bunnyman), Daniel Rachel (Like Some Forgotten Dream) and Jonny Trunk (A-Z of Record Shop Bags) pitch their favourite track before the panel decide if it’s a ‘Hit’ or ‘Miss’.

Juke Box Fury
5th Jun 2022 5pm – 6pm

at The Mildmay Club Upstairs Room
33-34 Newington Green, London, N16 9PR

Deer Shed Festival in conversationwith Joe Montague
2022-07-31 14:00 - 15:00
Like Some Forgotten Dream
The Beatles great ‘lost’ album 1970

In conversation with Joe Montague
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Exclusive announcement on Totally Wired Radio
2022-08-31 08:00 - 17:00
I will be talking to Steve Rowland between 12 an 1pm to reveal ONE FOR THE ROAD

PUNK & THE PISTOLS DJ SET
2022-09-13 21:00 - 23:00
A Tribute to Jordan:

Punk & the Pistols plus special guests
Tues 13th Sept – 6.30 pm – Rio Cinema Dalston

The Heavenly film night returns to celebrate Jordan Mooney – a tribute to an extraordinary woman and the spirit of ’76. An evening of readings and reminisces and a chance to see the definitive (and uncensored) BBC Arena documentary on the UK Punk scene, Punk and the Pistols

Hosted by Travis Elborough, special guests on the night will include Cathi Unsworth, co-author of Jordan’s memoir Defying Gravity, Bertie ‘Berlin’ Marshall, Richard Boon of Buzzcocks, New Hormones records and Stoke Newington Library fame and the filmmaker Paul Tickell.

There will also be tributes and readings from:
Dave Barbe (aka Barbarossa) drummer with the Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Republica and the author of Mud Sharks, and Dorothy ‘Max’ Prior.

Copies of Defying Gravity will be on sale and Cathi will be signing after the screening.

+ Aidan McManus (Soho Punk Tours and Flipside Radio) will be DJ-ing in the lobby

Book now:

Doors will open at 6.15 –

There will now be an after party from 9pm at The Marquis pub – just a couple minutes up the road at 48 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7XJ – where the conversations can continue and Daniel Rachel will spins some singles to keep things punky

Celebrating Black British History Through Music
2022-10-25 18:00 - 20:00
Celebrating Black British History Through Music

The Macmillan Hall, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Speakers
Shirley 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)

25 October 2022, 6:00 – 8:00PM

This 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:
Professor 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.
Daniel 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.
Alexander 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’.
Chair: Dr Juanita Cox(Opens in new window) (School of Advanced Study. Research Fellow on the ‘Windrush Scandal in a Transnational and Commonwealth Context’).

All welcome
This event is free to attend, but booking is required.

ONE FOR THE ROAD launch night with Simon Fowler
2022-12-08 19:00 - 21:30
ONE FOR THE ROAD LAUNCH NIGHT
Join Simon Fowler and Daniel Rachel to celebrate the publication of ONE FOR THE ROAD: The Life & Lyrics of Simon Fowler and Ocean Colour Scene at the legendary Hawley Arms.
Simon will be in conversation with award winning author Daniel Rachel before performing a short acoustic set.
Tickets strictly limited to 100 people*
Thursday 8 December 2022
Upstairs at the Hawley Arms,
2 Castlehaven Rd,
London
NW1 8QU
Doors: 7 p.m.

To guarantee entry to the launch party: Enter the competition on either
Facebook: OceanColourSceneOfficial Instagram: www.instagram.com/ocsmusic Twitter: www.twitter.com/ocsmusic
or pre order the ‘Its A Beautiful Thing’ or ‘Hundred Mile High City’ deluxe package from One For The Road from www.ourfavourite.shop by Friday 25 November 2022

A NIGHT WITH SIMON FOWLER LIVERPOOL
2023-03-09 19:00 - 2023-03-10 21:00
One for the Road – An Evening with Simon Fowler
Thursday 9 March, 7.30pm
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Expect a very special evening when we are joined by Simon Fowler, frontman of Ocean Colour Scene for an evening of storytelling and acoustic performance.
Discussing his extraordinary book, One For The Road, Simon Fowler recounts his life and songwriting through the prism of 69 songs from all stages of his career, from the first song he wrote when he was 16, through his formative groups, The Great Betrayal and The Fanatics, to Ocean Colour Scene and their multi-platinum selling albums in the mid-nineties.
Simon will play a selection of Ocean Colour Scene classics from ‘The Day We Caught The Train’, and ‘The Circle’’ to ‘Profit In Peace’ alongside a selection of new and previously unheard songs. Following the discovery of a cassette tape recorded in 1986 featuring over 20 previously unreleased songs, including a handful later recorded by Ocean Colour Scene, Simon will play a selection of these for the first time in public.
Simon will be joined by his lifelong friend and award-winning and best-selling author, Daniel Rachel. Having grown-up three doors apart, Daniel lived with Simon through the heyday of the Nineties and witnessed first-hand the writing of the multi-platinum selling Moseley Shoals. Discussing their adventures from forming bands in the Eighties to the Cool Britannia revelry of the nineties, An Evening with Simon Fowler promises to be a unique and heartfelt journey into fame, friendship and era-defining music.
Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.
‘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
‘It’s brilliant, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning… the kind of book you want to smell and stroke.’ CHRIS EVANS, VIRGIN RADIO
‘These pages reverberate with an insight and also a superb gallows humour.’ LOUDER THAN WAR
‘Simon Fowler is a success because of being blessed with a wondrous voice. He writes stunning songs. And he tells a damn good yarn.’ DANIEL RACHEL
​Our Star Café-Bar will be open from 6.30pm.
​All tickets £20

A NIGHT WITH SIMON FOWLER LONDON
2023-03-18 19:00 - 22:00
A Night With Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene)
The Tabernacle, London. Saturday 18 March 2023
One For The Road: An Evening of Music and Conversation with Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene) with award-winning author Daniel Rachel.
Discussing his life as the lead singer of the million selling Ocean Colour Scene and playing a live acoustic set, Simon Fowler shares stories from his new memoir – One For The Road – from forming bands in the eighties to the Cool Britannia revelry of the nineties. Simon will be joined by his lifelong friend and award-winning and best-selling author, Daniel Rachel. Having grown-up three doors apart, Daniel lived with Simon through the heyday of the nineties and witnessed first-hand the writing of the multi-platinum selling Moseley Shoals. An Evening with Simon Fowler promises to be a unique and heartfelt journey into fame, friendship and era-defining music.

A NIGHT WITH SIMON FOWLER BELFAST
2023-04-10 18:30 - 22:00
STARR RECORDS PRESENTS…SIMON FOWLER ‘ONE FOR THE ROAD’
18:30, 10 April 2023
Black Box, Belfast

Join us for an intimate evening with Ocean Colour Scene’s Simon Fowler in conversation with lifelong friend and award winning author Daniel Rachel.

Discussing his extraordinary book, One For The Road, Simon Fowler recounts his life and songwriting through the prism of 69 songs from all stages of his career, from the first song he wrote when he was sixteen, through his formative groups, The Great Betrayal and The Fanatics, to Ocean Colour Scene and their multi-platinum selling albums in the mid-nineties. Revealing a panoply of disparate influences from William Yeats and Cole Porter to David Bowie, Lou Reed and Neil Young, Simon reveals the stories behind the songs, the people and the places that inspired them and how he feels about them now.
Simon will play a selection of Ocean Colour Scene classics from ‘The Day We Caught The Train’, and ‘The Circle’’ to ‘Profit In Peace’ alongside a selection of new and previously unheard songs. Following the discovery of a cassette tape recorded in 1986 featuring over 20 previously unreleased songs, including a handful later recorded by Ocean Colour Scene, Simon will play a selection of these for the first time in public.
Simon will be joined by his lifelong friend and award-winning and best-selling author, Daniel Rachel. Having grown-up three doors apart, Daniel lived with Simon through the heyday of the nineties and witnessed first-hand the writing of the multi-platinum selling Moseley Shoals. Discussing their adventures from forming bands in the eighties to the Cool Britannia revelry of the nineties, An Evening with Simon Fowler promises to be a unique and heartfelt journey into fame, friendship and era-defining music.

£21

STARR RECORDS

STOKE NEWINGTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
2023-06-03 18:00 - 19:00
Daniel Rachel: The Beatles Lost Album
3rd Jun 2023 6pm – 7pm

at The Mildmay Club Upstairs Room
33-34 Newington Green, London, N16 9PR

The end of the Beatles wasn’t inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcile. But what if it didn’t end? What if just one of those chances was taken, and the Beatles carried on? What if they made one last, great album?
In The Lost Album of The Beatles, Daniel Rachel, winner of the Penderyn Music Book Prize, looks at what could have been. Drawing on impeccable research, Rachel examines the Fab Four’s untimely demise – and from the ashes compiles a track list for an imagined final album, pulling together unfinished demos, forgotten B-sides, hit solo songs, and arguing that together they form the basis of a lost Beatles masterpiece.

£5.00+ £0.50 fee

PRAISE FOR THE LOST ALBUM OF THE BEATLES
‘Painstaking detail and great stories’ Guardian
‘A fantastical journey through what might have been… exciting and compelling.’ BBC 6 Music
‘A fascinating detailed read’ Mojo
‘Ingenious.’ Record Collector
‘Full of enthralling details about the highs and lows of the band’s last year… it’s like the DNA in a crime scene.’ Word in Your Ear
‘A book that is religiously detailed and yet manages to create tantalising glimpses of what might have been’ Louder Than War
‘An extraordinary peek behind the curtain of one of the most celebrated music groups in history…a must-read for any music aficionado’ Music Devotee

Sevenoaks Literary Festival
2023-09-30
In conversation with MOJO editor, Pat Gilbert

‘Daniel Rachel imagines what the next Beatles album might have been like, with painstaking detail and great stories’
David Hepworth, The Guardian / Book of the Day
‘A fantastical journey through what might have been… Exciting and compelling.’
Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music
‘Daniel Rachel’s forensic investigation makes a strong case for looking afresh at the evidence… a fascinating detailed read’ –Mojo
‘In this meticulously crafted book, Rachel offers an extraordinary peek behind the curtain of one of the most celebrated music groups in history…a must-read for any music aficionado’
Music Devotee
‘A detailed researcher and writer… Ingenious.’
Record Collector
‘Full of enthralling details about the highs and lows of the band’s last year… it’s like the DNA in a crime scene.’
David Hepworth, Word in Your Ear
‘A book that is religiously detailed and yet manages to create tantalising glimpses of what might have been’
Louder Than War

Date
30th September 2023

Time
5.00pm

Venue
Ship Theatre

In his daring re-write of musical history, Daniel Rachel dares to dream… what if The Beatles had made one more great album? Drawing on impeccable research, he examines the untimely demise of the Fab Four and pulls together a track list of unfinished demos, B sides and hit solo songs to raise them from the ashes. Come along to hear more about this tantalising glimpse into what might have been.

To buy tickets, please visit https://sevlitfest.com/events/the-lost-album-of-the-beatles/

2 Tone launch in Hastings
2023-10-19 19:00 - 22:00
PRINTED MATTER BOOK & RECORD SHOP PRESENTS…
RUDIES COME BACK: DOCUMENTARY OF 2 TONE, PLUS BOOK LAUNCH
Join us for the launch of Daniel Rachel’s new book Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism & the Soundtrack of a Generation, and see rare 1980 2 Tone film.

DIRECTOR: JEFF PERKS
CAST INCLUDES: THE SELECTER, TERRY HALL – THE SPECIALS, PAULINE BLACK, ADRIAN THRILLS
PLUS Q&A WITH AUTHOR DANIEL RACHEL AND DJ DEBBIE GOLT

FILM (33 MINS), PLUS SHORT INTERVAL AND Q&A / 1980 / UK

Printed Matter Book & Record Shop presents the official launch of Daniel Rachel’s new book, Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism & the Soundtrack of a Generation.
About the book:
In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national conscience as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born.
2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial force of British and Caribbean island musicians singing about social issues, racism, class and gender struggles. It spoke of injustices in society and took fight against right wing extremism.
The music of 2 Tone was exuberant: white youth learning to dance to the infectious rhythm of ska and reggae; and crossed with a punk attitude to create an original hybrid. The idea of 2 Tone was born in Coventry, masterminded by a middle-class art student raised in the church.
Jerry Dammers had a vision of an English Motown. Borrowing £700, the label’s first record featured ‘Gangsters’ by The Specials’ backed by an instrumental track by the, as yet, unformed, Selecter. Within two months the single was at number six in the national charts. Dammers signed Madness, The Beat and The Bodysnatchers as a glut of successive hits propelled 2 Tone onto Top of the Pops and into the hearts and minds of a generation.
However, infighting amongst the bands and the pressures of running a label caused 2 Tone to bow to an inevitable weight of expectation and recrimination.
Still under the auspices of Jerry Dammers, 2 Tone entered in a new phase. Perhaps not as commercially successful as its 1979-1981 incarnation the label nevertheless continued to thrive for a further four years releasing a string of fresh signings and a stunning end-piece finale in ‘(Free) Nelson Mandela’. Too Much Too Young is the definitive story of a label that for a brief, bright burning moment, shaped British culture.
We’ll be screening the film Rudies Come Back followed by a Q&A with author Daniel Rachel and DJ Debbie Golt.
“We’re not just a dance band, we have things to say.” Grab this rare chance to see the 1980 BBC Arena film that heads to Coventry to quiz The Selecter and The Specials about the rise and rise of 2 Tone and all things ska.
About Debbie Golt
Debbie Golt FRSA is an award-winning broadcaster and arts consultant. She was actively involved in organising Rock Against Racism events in late ’70s and began DJ-ing at the same time, playing 2 Tone releases alongside Reggae, Ska, Punk and more and still plays out locally, nationally and internationally.

https://www.electricpalacecinema.com/
The Electric Palace, 39A High St, Hastings TN34 3ER.
https://www.printedmatterhastings.co.uk/
