Isle of Noises Masterclass at BIMM, Manchester
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 [...]
BBC Radio Merseyside On the Beat with Spencer Leigh
Daniel is in conversation with Spencer Leigh discussign Isle of Noises and Don't Look Back In Anger and a wide range of music and musicians. About the programme Spencer Leigh has been broadcasting on BBC Radio Merseyside for over 40 years. “I'm embarrassed to say that my first series was a poetry one called No [...]
Walthamstow Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club
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 [...]
Isle of Noises Masterclass
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 [...]
Faversham Literary Festival with Andy Miller (Backlisted)
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 [...]
Unconvention Music Conference with Cherry Ghost
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 [...]
Unconvention Music Conference with Daniel Levitin
In conversation with Daniel Levitin’s ‘This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession’ is a ground-breaking exploration of how our brains interact with music. Looking at why we make and love music, Daniel argues that music is fundamental to the human species, perhaps even more so than language itself. In this [...]
Portobello Radio: Flipside London Radio
Portobello Radio Daniel will be chatting with Aidan McManus on Flipside Five: selelcting five songs with a story about his books. Home We celebrate the rich cultural diversity that is the Portobello Road and serve as a hub of the community, streaming its events, offers, news, views and developments. We offer air time to all [...]
MODCAST: 2 Tone & Ranking Roger w/Rhoda Dakar
Commemorating the life of Ranking Roger, The Beat and 2 Tone Playlist 'The Passenger' Iggy Pop 'MPLA' Tapper Zuckie 'The Earth Dies Screaming' UB40 'Mirror In The Bathroom' The Beat 'Gangsters' The Specials 'Sonny's Lettah' Linton Kwesi Johnson 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' The Police 'Smoking My Ganja' Capital Letters 'Too Much Pressure' [...]
Riverside radio
Daniel chats on AliceAmelShow*
Rock Against Racism Film Screening
In the spirit of the annual Meltdown festival, to shout out about Love Music Hate Racism and to connect with Everyman Cinemas’ Music Film Festival, we are pleased to present EXCLUSIVE VIRTUAL PREVIEW SCREENINGS 17 - 21 JUNE 2020 Following the Rock Against Racism movement of the 1970s, WHITE RIOT reveals both the nastiness of [...]
Also Festival
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 [...]
BBC Radio 2: Claudia Winkleman Presents Blur vs Oasis
In this special show to mark 25 years since the legendary Blur Vs Oasis chart battle, Claudia Winkleman looks back at this pinnacle point of Britpop, which took fan loyalty to a whole new level. The show features new interviews from the record label teams who were fighting their own battle behind the scenes, as [...]
Laugharne Literary Festival
"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." 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. [...]
This Spiritual Feeling – A Celebration of The Style Council
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 [...]
Times Radio interview with Kait Borsay
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 Mild Mannered Mix
#themildmanneredmix will be joined by rude boy and author Daniel Rachel author of the Evening Standard Book of the Year, Don't Look Back in Anger. If you have ANY interest inbritpop & all the rest then you have to listen to this. Thursday 10th, 8pm (UK Time). 'I can tell you now that Daniel has [...]
Paperback publication: Don’t Look Back In Anger
A METRO & EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A grade, A list oral history... SUNDAY TIMES (MUST READ) 'A rollicking read…. MAIL ON SUNDAY Tony Blair, Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Tracey Emin, Irvine Welsh and an abundance of other contributors unite in this ambitious oral narrative charting the epic highs and crashing lows of [...]
2 Tone exhibiton: Lives & Legacies
2 Tone: Lives & Legacies The first-ever major exhibition in the UK devoted to the 2 Tone music sensation 28 May 1 – 12 September 2021 The 2 Tone sound originated in Coventry’s thriving music scene of the 1970s and the name derives from the legendary 2 Tone record label founded in 1979 by Jerry [...]
Spice Up Your Life – 25 Years Of Girl Power
Spice Up Your Life - 25 Years Of Girl Power Summer of 96 When the Spice Girls debut single, Wannabe, was released in 1996, the only word to describe the reaction to it is frenzy! Even now, 25 year on, the opening ‘Yooooo’ to the track still has the power to provoke a big reaction. [...]
2 TONE SCREENING WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
A rare screening of the 1980 BBC Arena documenatry Rudies Come Back, Or the Rise and Rise of 2Tone with specials guets: Roddy Byers (The Specials) Mykaell Riley (Steel Pulse) Jeff Perks (director) and chair, Daniel Rachel (author of Walls Come Tumbling Down). There will also be a creening of White Riot (2019, 84 mins) [...]
PUBLICATION DAY: Oasis at Knebworth
‘A wonderful document of the last great gathering of the pre-internet age. No camera phones, no social media, just a band and its fans as one.’ Noel Gallagher On 10th and 11th August 1996, Oasis played two nights at Knebworth Park that would define a decade. Twenty-five years on, this is the inside story of [...]
PUBLICATION DAY: Like Some Forgotten Dream
What If The Beatles hadn't split up. This is the record they probabaly would have made...