'A Lover Sings' In conversation with Billy Bragg # Billy Bragg will be in conversation about his new lyric book "A Lover Sings" with Daniel Rachel, acclaimed author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters, punctuated with songs and Q&A in what promises to be a very special performance.  

How Did Reggae Influence Punk? -Friday 8 July Roundhouse, Camden Daniel joins an esteemed panel to discuss  punk and reggae in the late Seventies. Guests include Steel Pulse founder Mykaell Riley, cultural producer, feminist activist and punk band member Chardine Taylor-Stone and multi Sony Award-winner Ray Paul of Punch Records. 7.30pm

BBC 5 Live Up All Night - Virtual Jukebox Daniel is the special guest contributor on the Virtual Jukebox. July 16 @ 2:00 am - 4:00 am BBC 5 Live Up All Night  2:00 am - 4:00 am BBC Radio 5 July 16l @ 2:00 am - 4:00 am Up All Night with Dotun Adebayo and Daniel Rachel Your chance to help Dotun and [...]

Edinburgh International Book Festival DANIEL RACHEL Sat 20 Aug 7:00pm - 8:00pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre  £8.00, £6.00 IN PRAISE OF PROTEST SONGS Political protest seems to happen more in other countries nowadays, but in the 70s and 80s Britain was awash with activism, both on the streets and on the musical stage. In this event, [...]

Red Wedge:Billy Bragg in conversation with Daniel Rachel To celebrate the book launch of Walls Come Tumbling Down join us for an evening with Billy Bragg in-conversation with author, Daniel Rachel including live music, an audience Q&A and a rare screening of the Red Wedge film Days like These.   The period from 1976 to [...]

BBC Radio Scotland with Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue)   15:05-15:35 in conversation with Ricky Ross and Nicola Meighan about Walls Come Tumbling Down mixed in with tracks from RAR/2 Tone/ Red Wedge artists

WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN The music and politics of rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge PRESS RELEASE   WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN By DANIEL RACHEL Daniel Rachel presents an oral history of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge, consisting of interviews with over 100 key figures and contributors to this musical [...]

BBC LONDON Robert Elms Show Daniel will be discussing Walls Come Tumbling Down at 11.30am About the programme The Robert Elms show is a celebration of every aspect of this tumultuous city that we share. Three hours a day we revel in the stories and characters, memories and aspirations which make this such a great [...]

Punky Reggae Party at the British Library With very special guests: Dennis Bovell Tom Robinoson Lucy Whitburg Kate Webb To celebrate the publication of Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge. Rock Against Racism formed to fight ‘the racist poison in rock music.’ With an [...]

Rough Trade presents Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge an evening of conversation and live music with special guests Neil Spencer (Observer writer /former Editor of NME) Lesley Woods (Au Pairs) Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Special AKA) Attila the Stockbroker  and author Daniel Rachel [...]

  Radio 2 Book Club: Walls Come Tumbling Down Walls Come Tumbling Down by Daniel Rachel will feature on the Radio 2 Fact not Fiction Book Club on Thursday 15 September. The book was selected with the help of a panel made up of Reading Agency and library staff from across the UK. Find out [...]

BBC London Rock Against Racism Special A 90 minute special discussing Rock Against Racism with specials guests: Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Special AKA) Lucy 'Toothpaste' Whitman (Rock Against Racism) Mykaell Riley (Steel Pulse) Daniel Rachel (Walls Come Tumbling Down) Hosted by Dotun Adebayo  

BBC Radio 4 World Tonight In conversation with Ritula Shah A self confessed "anorak" Ritula has been listening to Radio 4 ever since she can remember. She woke up with Jack de Manio and "listened with mother". Having ignored her father's advice to become a lawyer, she graduated in History from Warwick University in 1988. Soon [...]

  Birmingham Literature Festival Walls Come Tumbling Down October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm £12/£9.60, Festival Pass: FREE Daniel Rachel’s new book Walls Come Tumbling Down charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for arguably the first and last time in Britain’s musical history; musicians and their fans [...]

BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show with Shaun Keaveny Irreverent music lover Shaun serves up music, features and entertainment Daniel discusses Walls Come Tumbling Down with Shaun

Wanstead Tap with Steel Pulse (Mykaell Riley)  and Neil Spencer (NME) THE WANSTEAD TAP Walls Come Tumbling Down with Daniel Rachel October 19th 5.00 Join author Daniel Rachel in conversation with Mykaell Riley (former lead vocalist with Steel Pulse) and  Neil Spencer (fromer editor of NME) as they discuss the history of the Rock Against Racism, Red [...]

RT TV: Sputnik - Orbiting the World with George Galloway Sputnik is broadcast every Saturday on RT UK (Russia Today in English), on Sky 512 and Freeview 135, and to a global audience online. Previous guests include: - Writers the Rt Hon Lord Alan Watson CBE, Peter Oborne, Quentin Letts, Seamus Milne, Patrick Cockburn, Kerry-Anne Mendoza, Ewen MacAskill, Dr [...]

Musicport in conversation with Don Letts Screening of Clash 'Westway To The World' and 'Days Like These' Red Wedge Screening of Red Wedge ‘Days Like These’ featuring Billy Bragg, Lloyd Cole, Communards, Junior, Phill Jupitus, Madness, Johnny Marr, Tom Robinson, Paul Weller and many more.   ‘Days Like These’ documents the 1986 Red Wedge tour when [...]

BBC Leeds interview   In conversation with Gayle Lofthouse on BBC Radio Leeds.

Central Library Leeds Room 700 Wednesday 26 October 6-8 pm Walls Come Tumbling Down: Daniel Rachel in conversation with Joolz Denby and Paul Furness

BBC 5 Live Up All Night - Virtual Jukebox Daniel is the special guest contributor on the Virtual Jukebox. July 16 @ 2:00 am - 4:00 am BBC 5 Live Up All Night  2:00 am - 4:00 am BBC Radio 5 July 16l @ 2:00 am - 4:00 am Up All Night with Dotun Adebayo and Daniel Rachel Your chance to help Dotun and [...]

BBC Radio Norfolk interview In conversation with Stephen Bumfrey on Norfolk’s top entertainment show, with guests and features.

Humbermouth - Hull LIterary Festival Days Like These screening   Red Wedge ‘Days Like These’ featuring Billy Bragg, Lloyd Cole, Communards, Junior, Phill Jupitus, Madness, Johnny Marr, Tom Robinson, Paul Weller and many more.   ‘Days Like These’ documents the 1986 Red Wedge tour when chart topping popstars joined forces on stages across the UK [...]

Louder Than Words   Contributors Published on July 22nd, 2016 | by LTWF 0 Daniel Rachel Daniel Rachel is the author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters an NME and Guardian Book of the Year. He is a musician and songwriter, and a specialist director bringing drama to non-theatrical settings. After reading an American book called Songwriters [...]