2 Tone The Story
Daniel has contributed to this #2tone documentary
Arts Online
Thursday, 4 April Rachel Mayfield - Arts Online - Daniel Rachel Rachel Mayfield Arts Online, a weekly inspirational arts and healing arts event on Zoom Date and time Thu, 4 Apr 2024 19:00 - 21:00 19:00 - 20:00 Guest Author Daniel Rachel & Q&A Arts Online with Rachel Mayfield - Special Guest Author Daniel [...]
Upstairs at the Commercial Inn
Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story Thu 11 Apr 2024 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM The Commercial Inn, SK13 7SH Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story 'In Conversation With' and Book Launch Press release White Rabbit publish the definitive guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records written by the bestselling [...]
Freedom Sounds Festival – Cologne
I will be in conversation at the festival with Joe Scholes and special guests Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Specials / Special AKA) and Penny Layton (Bodysnatchers). Book signing of Too Much Too Young, Walls Come Tumbling Down and I Just can't Stop It (My Life in The beat Ranking Roger) https://www.freedomsoundsfestival.de/
Heath Literature & Music Festival
White Rabbit Books: ‘Too Much, Too Young’ - Two-Tone Music with Daniel Rachel and Pauline Black 21st Apr 2024 2:45pm - 4pm at Hare & Hounds 70 High St, King's Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ This event is 15.00-16.00 followed by book signing. Join best selling British author Daniel Rachel, author of ‘Too Much, Too Young. [...]
An Evening of SKA, REGGAE & 2 TONE
Too Much Too Young: Ska, Reggae & 2 Tone Records Come & celebrate the music of 2 Tone with 3 hours of dancing and guest DJs. Dance to the infectious rhythms of The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners, UB40 and the music that made 2 Tone. The last night sold out -so [...]
Phoenix – Changing Hands
Daniel will be discussing 2 Tone and his new book Too Much Too Young
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story – Stuart Bailie in conversation with Daniel Rachel The Black Box (Green Room) Sunday 12 May, 7.00pm Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating £7.00 BUY TICKETS Author Daniel Rachel joins us to talk about his new book 2 Tone: The Music, label and moment that shaped British [...]
Here Comers The Weekend
WWW PRESENTS HERE COMES THE WEEKEND! Sponsored by Modfather Clothing Company & DRC Shipping 25 & 26 MAY 2024 - Doors 12pm We’re very excited to announce that HERE COMES THE WEEKEND! is returning to Woking FC on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th May 2024! And we are honoured to have in conversation, The Jam’s [...]
Birmingham Ska & Reggae Festival
Daniel will hosting a conversation with Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Special AKA), Basil Gabbidon (Steel Pulse) and members of Symarip. Daniel will be signing copies of Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story
Decades: THE 1990s: Cool Britannia with Miki Berenyi
THE 1990s: Cool Britannia with Miki Berenyi, Daniel Rachel and Martin Green From Union Jack dresses to Britpop chart battles on the night-time news, the Nineties was a time when Britain – and especially London – seemed to swing once again. Hedonism and hope appeared the order of the day but could dashed opportunities and [...]
BRITISH ROCK READY FOR THE 80s & ITS AFTERSHOCKS
Join us for a rare screening of British Rock Ready for the Eighties: Punk and its Aftershocks + Q&A with director Wolfgang Büld and the authors Daniel Rachel, Cathi Unsworth, and Richard Weight doors: 7:00 start: 7:30 Tickets: £10 TICKETS This sequel to the Munich-based filmmaker Wolfgang Büld’s classic doc, PUNK IN LONDON, finds punk [...]
Idler Festival
Click on the names below to find out more about the speakers. ANIEFIOK EKPOUDOM ARTHUR SMITH BEN MOOR BILL ANDERSON CALEB AZUMAH NELSON CATHERINE FITZGERALD CHARLIE HIGSON CHRIS LINTOTT CLARE POLLARD DANIEL RACHEL DIVYANAND CAIRD DJ PAULETTE ELLA BERTHOUD EMILY’S WALKING BOOK CLUB GAVIN PRETOR-PINNEY GEORGIA MANN GUY HAYWARD GUY STANDING HARRY MOUNT AND JOHN DAVIE HENRY ELIOT JOHN-PAUL FLINTOFF LOUISA YOUNG LOUISE WINTER LUCIA STUART LUCY COOKE MARK VERNON AND ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH MICHAEL FRAYN MIXMASTER MORRIS NATALIE WILDGOOSE NINA STIBBE OLIVER BROADBENT (OF [...]
Bradford Literary Festival
TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY DESCRIPTION Join musician-turned-award-winning-author, Daniel Rachel, for the incredible story of the watershed moment that, for a time, shaped British pop culture. In 1979, the 2 Tone label exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers [...]
Blur: To The End
SOLD OUT Saturday, July 20 Blur: To The End - Film screening and director Q&A Dreamhouse Records and SHAKE THE HIGH ROAD present a very special screening of the new Blur documentary 'To The End' in a unique E11 venue Dreamhouse Records and SHAKE THE HIGH ROAD present a very special screening of the critically [...]
Ventnor Fringe Festival
The Story of Two Tone Author Daniel Rachel discusses his definitive book about a label and musical movement that shaped British culture. Developed in Coventry in the late 70's, 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial mix of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues, racism, class and gender struggles. One for all Rudies [...]
British Library – Rudies Come Back
Your Local Arena Film Screening and Panel Talk: Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-Tone With Special Guests: Rhoda Dakar & Charlie Higson Free event! Thursday 25 July 2024 at 19:00 at the British Library, London NW12DB. With its home in Coventry, its roots in reggae and its multiracial bands, 2-Tone was [...]
The Wake Festival
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 [...]
Rebellion Festival
Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story (Daniel Rachel) Described as the definitive guide to 2 Tone, ‘Too Much Too Young - The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation’, to give it its full title, documents the impact of one of the UK’s most influential record [...]
Los Angeles – Book Soup
Daniel Rachel, in conversation with Junior Francis, discusses Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation Special Guests: Lynval Golding (The Specials) & Sarah-Jane Owen (Bodysnatchers / Belle Stars) --A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year --An Uncut Book of the Year --Long-Listed for the [...]
San Francisco – City Lights at the Makeout Room
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2024, 7:30 PM PST 2 Much 2 Young: The 2-Tone Records Story This event will be held at The Makout Room, 3225 22nd Street (near Mission) San Francisco, CA 94110. Admission $10.00 at the door. City Lights, Akashic Books and The Makeout Room celebrate the publication of Too Much Too Young, [...]
Las Vegas – The Writer’s Block
DANIEL RACHEL Tuesday August 27th, 2024 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM Hosted by music journalist , Eric Gladstone A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR OF TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY In 1979, 2 Tone Records exploded into the consciousness of music lovers in Britain, the US, and beyond, as albums by the Specials, [...]
Tempe, ARIZONA- Changing Hands
FREE EVENT Daniel Rachel: Too Much Too Young 7PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 LOCATION: TEMPE Birmingham-born music historian and bestselling author Daniel Rachel visits with his book, Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation. ABOUT THE BOOKIn 1979, 2 Tone Records exploded into the consciousness of music lovers [...]
Denver – Tattered Cover Book Store
Daniel Rachel Live at Colfax Tattered Cover is excited to welcome Daniel Rachel to our Colfax location on August 30th, 2024 at 6PM. He will be presenting his new book, Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation ! Told in three parts, Too Much Too Young is the definitive story [...]