Daniel Rachel

Totally Wired interview
2021-10-07 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Discussing the Beatles & Oasis with Steve Rowland on Totally Wired Radio.
12-2pm

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BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
2021-10-05 13:00 - 17:00
Marking the anniversary of the Beatles first single ‘Love Me Do’ Daniel will be discusing his new Beatls book, Like Some Forgotten Dream, with Chris Hawkins.

BBC RADIO SUSSEX & BBC RADIO SURREY
2021-09-24 16:00 - 16:30
Danny Pike talks to Daniel about Oasis at Knebworth. The book and the film

BBC LONDON talking Beatles with Dotun Adebayo
2021-09-19 21:00 - 22:00
Listeners to @BBCRadioLondon I will be chatting to @dotunadebayo on Sunday evening about #TheBeatles, #OasisKnebworth1996 and other music matters… wherever the wind takes us.
9-10 pm. Sunday 19 September

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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Manchester XS interview with Alex James
2021-09-16 08:00 - 17:00
On @XSManchester Breakfast we’ve got the author of the ace new @oasis Knebworth book @DanielRachel69 joining us to chat about the legendary gigs

6 Music interview with Chris Hawkins
2021-09-13 15:00 - 16:00
Author Daniel Rachel joins Chris to chat about his new Oasis at Knebworth book

Chris Hawkins

The Hawk is off the subs bench for an extended cover shift as he looks after 6 Music Afternoons until Craig arrives in October. On Monday Chris kicks of the programme with a whole hour of Goldsoundz bangers between 1300-1400. Plus, Georgie Rogers has the Music News, there is new music from The Charlatans, Tot Taylor and Julia Bardo and an Album of the Day track from Low. Plus, author Daniel Rachel joins to chat about his new Oasis at Knebworth book.
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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)

SiriusXM VOLUME: Live interview on New York radio
2021-08-26 13:00 - 14:00
Thursday on #Feedback –

@TheNotoriousNIK
&
@LoriMajewski
will be discussing the biggest stories in music, taking your calls (844.686.5863) and at 8am ET
@DanielRachel69
joins us to talk about his 2 new books

PUBLICATION DAY: Like Some Forgotten Dream
2021-08-26
What If The Beatles hadn’t split up. This is the record they probabaly would have made…

PUBLICATION DAY: Oasis at Knebworth
2021-08-19
‘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 that historic weekend.
Witnessed by an audience of over quarter-of-a-million people, the record breaking event is told through the images of renowned photographer Jill Furmanovsky – granted unprecedented access to the band- and exclusive first-hand accounts from the people who were there, including Noel Gallagher and Alan McGee.
Many of the breathtaking images in this book are previously unseen and are framed by an impeccably researched text, written by the award-winning author Daniel Rachel.
This is the definitive account of two nights that a generation will never forget.

Containing hundreds of never-before-seen photographs by Jill Furmanovsky – granted unprecedented access to Oasis throughout Jill Furmanovsky is an internationally renowned, award-winning photographer. She has photographed many of the
biggest names in music over a fiftyyear career, including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, James Brown, The Clash, Bob Dylan and The Pretenders. She worked extensively with Oasis documenting their career between 1994 and 2009.
Daniel Rachel is a musician turned award-winning author. Winner of the Penderyn Music Book Prize, his books include Walls Come Tumbling Down, Don’t Look Back in Anger and Like Some Forgotten Dream.
Over a quarter of a million people witnessed Oasis play Knebworth Park – a band at the peak of their powers performing to a sea of adoring fans. Oasis: Knebworth is a look behind the scenes of that magical summer: the rehearsals and warm-up gigs, the buildup, backstage and even on-stage for the incredible concerts themselves. Jill Furmanovsky’s photographs – many
never seen before – are framed by impeccably researched text written by award-winning author Daniel Rachel, gathering accounts from the people behind the scenes to tell the inside story of those record-breaking nights.
Available in eBook
www.octo pusbooks.co.uk
www.octopusbooksusa.com
uk £40 | us $50 | can $55
9 781788 402804
ISBN 978-1-78840-280-4
‘THIS IS HISTORY. RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW.’
—Noel Gallagher, Knebworth, August 1996
OASIS KNEBWORTH: TWO NIGHTS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER
Photographs by Jill Furmanovsky | Text by Daniel Rachel
Publishing 17th August 2021
Cassell Illustrated | £40
TWO NIGHTS THAT WILL
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2 TONE SCREENING WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
2021-08-08 19:00 - 22:00
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) charting the history of Rock Against Racism.
2TONE: LIVES AND LEGACIES – 2TONE AND ROCK AGAINST RACISM

SUN 8 AUG 2021 @ 19.00
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL RUINS
PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY, CV1 5FB
Duration: 3 hours
FREE
BOOK TICKETS

*You will be transferred to an external ticketing website.

Activities and events labelled as ‘Taking Place In Cov 2021’ have not been produced or commissioned by Coventry City of Culture Trust but are taking place during the City of Culture year.

The second in a series of collaborations between the Department of Film and Television Studies, the Centre for Television Histories and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, 2Tone: Lives and Legacies – 2Tone and Rock Against Racism focuses on the rise of 2Tone music in the city in the late seventies and early eighties and puts this in the context of the wider Rock Against Racism movement.
We’ll watch Arena: ‘Rudies Come Back, Or the Rise and Rise of 2Tone’ (BBC2, 12/3/80, 40 mins), a wonderful television documentary from the BBC archive about Coventry’s 2Tone scene and White Riot (2019, 84 mins) Rubika Shah’s award-winning film charting a vital national protest movement, Rock Against Racism (RAR). At the event we’ll be joined by award winning author and musician Daniel Rachel, Jeff Perks (director of ‘Rudies Come Back, Or the Rise and Rise of 2Tone’), and some exciting guests TBC.

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Spice Up Your Life - 25 Years Of Girl Power
2021-07-03 21:00 - 22:00
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. To mark the anniversary of the single – and indeed the frenzy that followed – Richard E Grant, who was in the movie Spice World, embarks on a nostalgic journey revisiting the much-loved songs of the Spice Girls canon, whilst speaking to some of the UK’s biggest Spice Girl superfans to get to the heart of what the group and girl power meant then and what it still means today. This programme is a joyful celebration of fandom, girl power, the music of the 90s and above all the Spice Girls!

Guest contributor: Daniel Rachel

Broadcast

Sat 3 Jul 2021, 21:00
BBC RADIO 2

2 Tone exhibiton: Lives & Legacies
2021-06-03 08:00 - 2021-09-30 17:00
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 Dammers of The Specials, referencing a desire to transcend and defuse racial tensions in Britain at that time.

The exhibition will explore the formation of the record label and examine its philosophy, political and social message, design and impact on the music charts of the day. It highlights the bands that were part of the label, focussing on The Specials, The Selecter and other ska-influenced bands such as Madness, The Beat and The Bodysnatchers.
It will look at 2 Tone’s continuing influence on music, fashion, politics and culture. It will include interviews and quotes from original band members and 3rd wave bands from around the world, famous fans and 2 Tone fanatics. It will also bring the story up to date – with band members touring nationally and internationally.
The exhibition will feature fashion items and memorabilia, including the iconic 2 Tone suit, Roddy Radiation’s pork pie hat, Fred Perry polo shirt and the Harrington jacket.
Book your free tickets now.

Images: © Toni Tye
The show will culminate in an immersive 2 Tone experience celebrating the energy and legendary sound of the bands’ performances. There will be special 2 Tone playlists and an area for visitors to leave their own memories, thoughts and highlights of the 2 Tone era.
The exhibition has been organised in partnership with Coventry Music Museum. Guest curators: Simon Reynolds, Cory Barrett, Pete Chambers, Jennifer Otter Bickerdike and Daniel Rachel.
Featuring: Neol Davies, Pauline Black, Rhoda Dakar, Chalkie Davies, John Coles, John ‘Teflon’ Sims, Stewart Francis Easton, Duncan Whitley, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Maff, Compton Amanor, Suggs and Chris Foreman (Chrissy Boy), David Steele and Everett Morton, Miranda Joyce, Don Letts, Dave Kirchgessner, Rick Rocklewitz, Scott Klopfenstein, and Charley Anderson.
Free | Booking Required

Paperback publication: Don't Look Back In Anger
2021-03-18
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 the UK’s most creative and hedonistic period: the nineties.
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. It was the decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power; of Blur vs Oasis. When fashion runways 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.

The Mild Mannered Mix
2020-12-10 20:00 - 23:00
#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 put together a great set and the idea that you won’t enjoy his choices is just ridiculous.’

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

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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AFTN Presents
This Spiritual Feeling – A Celebration of The Style Council

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.”
​
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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BBC Radio 2: Claudia Winkleman Presents Blur vs Oasis
2020-08-29 21:00 - 22:00
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 well as archive from the time. Claudia will look at the build up to the battle and what it paved the way for. And of course, she’ll be playing some of the best of Britpop, which will transport listeners straight back to mid-90s.
On Monday 31 August listeners can hear Jo Whiley present the Britpop Top 50 Chart, counting down the biggest-selling hits from this classic 90s era, compiled using exclusive data from Official Charts Company.

Presenter: Claudia Winkleman
Producer: Joe Haddow for Somethin’ Else

Guest speaker: Daniel Rachel

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

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

Rock Against Racism Film Screening
2020-06-19 20:00 - 21:00
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 the rising National Front at the time and the amazing power of music, activism and real desire for social change at a grassroots level.
WINNER – BEST DOCUMENTARY
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Exclusive to Everyman Cinemas
Presented in partnership with Spiritland music venues and the BFI Lottery-funded Reclaim the Frame film event series

Online Q&A + Live Music
Friday 19 June 2020, 8pm

Event Participants

Host: Daniel Rachel – Musician And Award Winning Author

Musician turned award winning author, Daniel Rachel wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer in Rachels Basement. His books include contributions from people incluing Noel Gallagher, Tony Blair, Tracey Emin, Jimmy Page, Bryan Ferry, Laura Marling, Sir John Major, Steve Coogan, Irvine Wesh, Joan Armatrading, Jerry Dammers, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and many, many more…
Daniel is the author of Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge – WINNER OF the Penderyn Music Book prize.

Guest: Rubika Shah – Director

Rubika Shah’s critically acclaimed feature documentary WHITE RIOT won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the 2020 Berlinale. Her previous work includes the proof-of-concept short WHITE RIOT: LONDON, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlinale Crystal Bear-nominated LET’S DANCE: BOWIE DOWN UNDER, a rare mini-doc about David Bowie and MTV, which screened nationally through Picturehouse in 2017.

Guest: Bengi Ünsal – Head Of Contemporary Music At Southbank Centre, Meltdown Director

Bengi Ünsal is Head of Contemporary Music at the Southbank Centre, the UK’s largest arts centre, on the south bank of the River Thames, where she is responsible for a year-round programme of more than 200 gigs and contemporary music performances across its iconic venues – the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room. She manages the award-winning Meltdown, the longest-running artist curated festival in the world, securing luminaries M.I.A (2017), Robert Smith (2018), Nile Rodgers (2019) and Grace Jones (2020) as curators. Robert Smith’s 2018 festival was the highest-grossing Meltdown ever, nominated for Music Week Awards’ Festival of the Year and winner of the AIM Independent Music Awards ‘Act of Independence’.

Guest: Gary Powell – Musician

He is primarily known for being the drummer for English bands The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things, as well as Guyanese-British reggae musician Eddy Grant. He also played with the New York Dolls for their 2004 reunion shows, Powell has performed at the Isle of Wight Festival, Wireless Festival, T in the Park and Oxygen, as well as playing with Red Hot Chili Peppers. Gary Powell also has a successful DJ career, deejaying for club NME at London’s Koko and Carl Barat’s club night as well as many other venues in London. Powell also performed drums on Chas and Dave’s 2013 album That’s What Happens. From 2016 to January 2019, Powell was the touring drummer for ska band The Specials, replacing the late John Bradbury. He also runs his own record label, 25 Hour Convenience Store.
Gary has his own radio show on Boogaloo Radio and is currently doing a series of Protest Mix.

After Party DJ sets brought you by Spiritland
Spiritland are supplying the music for the online afterparty with three mixes responding to the film.
Bill Brewster is a DJ, author, journalist and cultural historian – and was there in the front row during the Rock Against Racism movement. He’s selected a mix of music that was around and inspirational at the time – lots of reggae, some punk and some post-punk.
Hollie Cook is a UK reggae singer and keyboardist. As well as her own releases, she was part of the last line up of The Slits.
Dennis Morris is an acclaimed photographer, best known for his intimate photos of The Sex Pistols and Bob Marley. A key documentarian of the UK reggae and punk scene, he’s drawn together a series of tracks that have influenced him for Spiritland.’

Riverside radio
2020-03-17 21:00 - 22:30
Daniel chats on AliceAmelShow*

MODCAST: 2 Tone & Ranking Roger w/Rhoda Dakar
2020-03-17 17:00 - 22:00
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’ The Selecter
‘Twist And Crawl’ The Beat
Starvation – 2Tone Collective
Save It For Later – General Public
Soleil Trop Chaud – The Grammacks
Too Nice To Talk To – Rhoda Dakar
Can’t Get Used To Losing You – Danny Ray
Jackpot – The Pioneers
Stand Down Margaret – The Beat
Free Nelson Mandela – Special AKA
Rock The Casbah – The Clash & Ranking Roger
Close The Door – The Beat ft Ranking Roger

Portobello Radio: Flipside London Radio
2020-03-11 19:00 - 21:00
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 communities, a regular Latin American show, a Spanish hour, Moroccan, African, Caribbean, Irish & more join the Portobello Radio Melting Pot.
By giving airtime to all of Portobello’s varied residents we wish to bring the community together, entertain, inform and enthuse.

@PortobelloRadio

Unconvention Music Conference with Daniel Levitin
2020-03-05 11:30 - 12:30
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 session he will be discussing his work with fellow author Daniel Rachel, covering themes such as why and how music gives us pleasure, why we are emotionally attached to it, and how we develop musical expertise.

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.

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

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.
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