Louder Than Words
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 [...]
Hoxton Radio
Hoxton Radio Talking with Jenn Crothers
BBC 6 Music with Shaun Keevney Show
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast Author Daniel Rachel joins Shaun Shaun Keaveny Shaun is in search of your earworms. What song have you woken with in your head? We'll play one before the 8am news. Plus, author Daniel Rachel chats about his new book 'Walls Come Tumbling Down'. The book charts the [...]
BIMM School London, Isle of Noises masterclass
BIMM School London, Isle of Noises masterclass
Broadway Bookshop in conversation with KEN WORPOLE
WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN: A TALK with DANIEL RACHEL in conversation with KEN WORPOLE Wednesday, 7 December 2016 at 07.00am We are thrilled to announce that Daniel Rachel, author of WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN (published by Picador) will be in conversation with writer and historian Ken Worpole at the shop on Wednesday 7 December 2016. Daniel's [...]
Bringing the House Down! in conversation with Billy Bragg
Bringing the House Down! Daniel Rachel in conversation with Billy Bragg Thursday 8th December 19:00 at London - Piccadilly Walls Come Tumbling Down charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in Britain's musical history; musicians and their fans suddenly became instigators of [...]
Union Chapel Billy Bragg Book Signing
Union Chapel Billy Bragg Book Signing Daniel will be signing copies of Walls Come Tumbling Down at Billy Bragg's gig in Islington
Institute of Historical Research
Institute of Historical Research A talk by Daniel including images and film footage. Walls Come Tumbling Down. From Rock Against Racism to Red Wedge Date 13 Feb 2017, 17:30 to 13 Feb 2017, 19:30 Series Socialist History Venue IHR Seminar Room N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Description [...]
The Cinema Museum, film screening with Rhoda Dakar
WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN WITH DANIEL RACHEL Mon 20 Feb 2017 @ 19:30 · Events Walls Come Tumbling Down is a new book about the rise of Rock Against Racism, Red Wedge and the Anti Nazi League in the 1970s and 80s. Author Daniel Rachel will introduce a rare screening of a 40 minute Red [...]
BBC Radio 5 Up All Night Record Club
New show reappraising 5 star rated classic albums Episode 1: The Beatles 'Revolver' The Human League 'Dare' Join presenter Richard Foster wth special guest contributor Daniel Rachel
Aye Write festival
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Daniel Rachel & Dave Randal - Mixing Pop and Politics 17th Mar 2017 • 6:00PM - 7:00PM • Mitchell Library These books both explore how musicians have tried to change the world with the political power of music. Musicians have often wanted to change the world – many have believed [...]
Trinity Academy, Edinburgh
Daniel Rachel - Conversations with Great British Songwriters Daniel Rachel is the author of 'Isle of Noises' (Guardian and NME Book of the Year (2013)). Daniel's book documents his conversations with over twenty British songwriters from Ray Davies to Paul Weller, from Jimmy Page to Robin Gibb, from Sting to Chris Difford & Glenn Tillbrook [...]
BBC Radio 5 'The Record Club'
New show reappraising 5 star rated classic albums with Richard Foster and special guest contributor Daniel Rachel Episode 2: James Brown 'Live At the Apollo' (1962) REM 'Automatic For The People' Episode 1: The Beatles 'Revolver' The Human League 'Dare'
The Art of Protest: Goldsmiths College
A free one-day symposium to explore how art and music has supported and been inspired by struggles for equality – particularly around race – over the past 40 years. It will discuss how the arts have also been used to remember, learn from and reignite struggles of the past. We will focus specifically on two [...]
FT Oxford Literary Festival with Pauline Black and Clare Short
Walls Come Tumbling Down – The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge Sunday 26 March 2017 4:00pm 1 Hour St John’s: Auditorium Venue £12.50 Ticket price Musician-turned-author Daniel Rachel discusses his book about the coming together of pop music and politics in the 1970s and 1980s with the Labour politician Clare [...]
The Collaboration Session with Nick Soulsby and Daniel Rachel
Waterstones Camden Town are pleased to announce the first in an exciting new series of events: "The Sessions". Each month we will be inviting 2 authors to talk music, books, and the vital role both have in today's and yesterday's cultures - with each "Session" focused on a central discussion topic, such as Authenticity, Gender, [...]
Clash Night '77
On the 40th anniversary of the 1977 release of The Clash, the band’s debut album, 'Clash Night '77 is a Philosophy Football night out both to remember all the anger for change The Clash helped ignite back in ’77, together with a celebration of the Clash's culture of resistance which continues, alive and kicking, today. How? Side one [...]
Laugharne Festival with Pauline Black
THE LAUGHARNE WEEKEND 2017 APRIL 7-9 The tenth anniversary iteration of The Laugharne Weekend takes place on the weekend of April 7-9th (one week before Easter). Weekend tickets, priced at £90 are sold out. Sorry! Check our Facebook page for news of any returns. The line-up is shaping up very nicely, Check the Line-Up page for the [...]
BBC Radio 5 'The Record Club'
New show reappraising 5 star rated classic albums with Richard Foster and special guest contributor Daniel Rachel Episode 3: Bruce Springsteen The River The Specials Specials Episode 2: James Brown 'Live At the Apollo' (1962) REM 'Automatic For The People' Episode 1: The Beatles 'Revolver' The Human [...]
Portobello Live 2017
Rock Against Racism panel event 3pm - Chris Salewicz introduces Daniel with other guests including Don Letts and Glen Matlock 4pm - Daniel presents Rock Against Racism Mick Jones (the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) introduces festival highlights: It’s back! For the third year running, Portobello Live! returns to West London with its winning formula of [...]
Lewes Labour Club
Does Music Have ther Power to Change Politics? With additional guest local speakers, Stevie Freeman, Union Music Store and local concert promoter https://unionmusicstore.com And Steve Franklin who is a director of the Starfish music project in Lewes see http://www.starfishlewes.co.uk
Radio BBC Surrey and Sussex interview
Daniel will be in conversation with Allison Ferns ahead of this evenings 'in conversation' with June Miles Kingston at Waterstones Brighton. part of the brighton Festival / City Reads Afternoon with Allison Ferns Spend your afternoon in the company of Allison with great music and good conversation. On demand BBC SURREY & BBC SUSSEX [...]
Brighton Festival with June Miles Kingston
DESCRIPTION We were trying to change the world in our tiny way by stopping the rise of fascism amongst youth with the power of music. Red Saunders, founder of Rock Against Racism Join writer and musician Daniel Rachel to celebrate the paperback release of Walls Come Tumbling Down. His book charts the extraordinary and pivotal [...]