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SUMMARY:2 Tone The Story
DESCRIPTION:Daniel has contributed to this #2tone documentary
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SUMMARY:Arts Online
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, 4 April\n\n\n\nRachel Mayfield – Arts Online – Daniel Rachel\n\n\n\n\nRachel Mayfield Arts Online\, a weekly inspirational arts and healing arts event on Zoom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate and time\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nThu\, 4 Apr 2024 19:00 – 21:00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19:00 – 20:00\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Author Daniel Rachel & Q&A \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nArts Online with Rachel Mayfield – Special Guest Author Daniel Rachel – The Art of Interview & Music Journalism \nMusician turned award-winning Author Daniel Rachel will discuss his personal writer’s journey\, his writing process and style\, and the story behind his inspiration while sharing ways to interview and write on music. This is a first-of-its-kind interview with Daniel. If you are interested in music\, Indie Rock\, Ska\, Bowie\, Oasis\, Ocean Colour Scene\, and so much more\, don’t miss this opportunity to meet\, talk\, and be inspired by Daniel Rachel\, who is an expert on the subject. \nView More about Daniel Rachel at Daniel Rachel – Musician-turned-award winning author \nBe inspired and stay connected to your creative mind at this weekly drop-in online event. Pour your favourite drink\, get comfortable and log on wherever you are. Each week will be unique\, with guest speakers\, Q&A\, themed discussion and creative workshopping. Whatever your art form\, writing\, music or multimedia\, there will be something to light up your world. The sessions are interactive\, you will be encouraged to share your thoughts and discuss your ideas and creative work. However\, taking part in the conversation or workshopping is optional. You can join as an audience member and listen in with your camera off if you prefer. All are welcome\, whether at the beginning or further along in your creative life. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to join Rachel Mayfield and connect with fellow creators. Sign up now to secure your spot in this inspiring creative cafe! \nSee more about Rachel Mayfield at \nHome | Rachel Mayfield Arts \nMusic | Rachel Mayfield (bandcamp.com) \nInstagram @RachelMayfieldArts \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: 04/4/2024\nTime: 7 pm\nLocation: Online
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SUMMARY:Upstairs at the Commercial Inn
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Rachel – Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story\n\nThu 11 Apr 2024 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM\nThe Commercial Inn\, SK13 7SH\n \n\nDaniel Rachel – Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story\n\n\n‘In Conversation With’ and Book Launch\n \n\nPress release \nWhite Rabbit publish the definitive guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records written by the bestselling British author Daniel Rachel. Titled Too Much Too Young The 2 Tone Records Story : Rude Boys\, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation\, the book maps out the journey of one of the UK’s most influential record labels that became a movement that shook up the nation with its rebellious spirit\, fighting against the injustices in society and took the fight against the right wing extremism in the country. \nIn 1979\, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials\, The Selecter\, Madness\, The Beat\, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born. 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial force of British and Caribbean island musicians singing about social issues\, racism\, class and gender struggles. \nThe music of 2 Tone was exuberant: white youth learning to dance to the infectious rhythm of ska and reggae; and crossed with a punk attitude to create an original hybrid. The idea of 2 Tone was born in Coventry\, masterminded by a middle-class art student raised in the church. Jerry Dammers had a vision of an English Motown. Borrowing £700\, the label’s first record featured ‘Gangsters’ by The Specials’ backed by an instrumental track by the\, as yet\, unformed\, Selecter. Within two months the single was at number six in the national charts. Dammers signed Madness\, The Beat and The Bodysnatchers as a glut of successive hits propelled 2 Tone onto Top of the Pops and into the hearts and minds of a generation. However\, soon infighting amongst the bands and the pressures of running a label caused 2 Tone to bow to an inevitable weight of expectation and recrimination. \nStill under the auspices of Jerry Dammers\, 2 Tone entered in a new phase. Perhaps not as commercially successful as its 1979-1981 incarnation the label nevertheless continued to thrive for a further four years releasing a string of fresh signings and a stunning end-piece finale in ‘(Free) Nelson Mandela’. \nTold in three parts\, Too Much Too Young is the definitive story of a label that for a brief\, bright burning moment\, shaped British culture. \nAuthor\, Daniel Rachel\, said: As a child\, 2 Tone defined the way I saw the world. I was seduced by the off-beat rhythms\, the cool looking clothes and most importantly the social and political lyrics. 2 Tone taught me about black and white unity\, it gave a voice to the pointlessness of street violence\, and it provided an understanding and awareness of the horror of rape and apartheid. That you could dance\, look good and be educated by a record was incredible. This music and these bands have printed an indelible mark on my life. To write the story of 2 Tone is one of profound personal pride. But more so\, to honour one of the greatest periods in modern popular culture. 2 Tone at its heart was a movement of great songwriters\, musicians and songs – We danced and sang\, and the music played in a de boomtown! \n  \nA TIMES / SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR \nAN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR \nA RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR \nA LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR \nA BLITZED BOOK OF THE YEAR \nAURAIST CHOICE: BEST WRITTEN NON-FICTION \nPENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE LONGLIST 2024 \nA brilliant book…nothing is left out of this definitive book WIRE \nA disputatious\, colourful & rife with contradictions UNCUT \nSuperb…Rachel writes with the undimmed passion and enthusiasm of the teenage tonic-suited rude boy VIVE LE ROCK \nAn exceptional portrait of Britain at a crucial time IRISH TIMES \nAn essential read…fasten your seat belts\, rudies’ MOJO \nA must-read for anyone interested in 2 Tone\, ska or British music history LOUDER THAN WAR \nA brilliant\, insightful book & nothing short of definitive RECORD COLLECTOR \nAn incredible white-knuckle ride told with real love\, style and attention to detail DO THE DOG \nThe ideal match of author and subject JON SAVAGE \nThe definitive telling of the 2 Tone story JOHN HARRIS \nAn incredible and detailed account of a massive watershed moment in British culture GURINDER CHADHA \nA comprehensive\, cautionary but nonetheless celebratory saga of the 2 Tone label PAULINE BLACK \nJust as achingly evocative as the music it was written to celebrate… a scintillating read PETE PAPHIDES \nThe definitive account of one of Britain’s finest youth movements SUGGS \nToo Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story \nDaniel Rachel \n\nLOCATION\nThe Commercial Inn\, SK13 7SH
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SUMMARY:Freedom Sounds Festival - Cologne
DESCRIPTION:I will be in conversation at the festival with Joe Scholes and special guests Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Specials / Special AKA) and Penny Layton (Bodysnatchers). \nBook signing of Too Much Too Young\, Walls Come Tumbling Down and I Just can’t Stop It (My Life in The beat Ranking Roger) \n  \n\nHome
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SUMMARY:Heath Literature & Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:White Rabbit Books: ‘Too Much\, Too Young’ – Two-Tone Music with Daniel Rachel and Pauline Black\n21st Apr 2024 2:45pm – 4pm\nat Hare & Hounds\n\n70 High St\, King’s Heath\, Birmingham\, B14 7JZ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is 15.00-16.00 followed by book signing. \nJoin best selling British author Daniel Rachel\, author of ‘Too Much\, Too Young. The 2 Tone Record Story: Rude boys\, Racism and The Soundtrack of a Generation’\, with special guest\,  iconic front woman of The Selecter\, Pauline Black. \nDaniel and Pauline will be in conversation with Lyle Bignon. \nIn 1979\, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials\, The Selecter\, Madness\, The Beat\, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born. 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial force of British and Caribbean island musicians singing about social issues\, racism\, class and gender struggles. \nBirmingham-born Daniel Rachel is a former musician-turned-award-winning and bestselling author whose previous works include: Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters (a Guardian and NME Book of the Year)\, Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music & politics of Rock Against Racism\, 2 Tone and Red Wedge (winner of the Penderyn Music Book prize)\, Don’t Look Back in Anger: the Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia (An Evening Standard and Metro Book of the Year)\, The Lost Album of The Beatles: What if the Beatles hadn’t Split Up? (Guardian Book of the Day and Amazon No. 1 Bestseller)\, One For The Road (The Life & Lyrics of Simon Fowler & Ocean Colour Scene) Oasis: Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever (with Jill Furmanovsky – A Sunday Times Bestseller)\, When Ziggy Played the Marquee by Terry O’Neill (editor) and co-writer of Ranking Roger’s autobiography\, I Just Can’t Stop It: My Life in The Beat (a Vive Le Rock Book of the Year). In 2021\, Daniel was a guest curator of 2 Tone Lives & Legacies exhibition as part of Coventry Cultural City 2021 and curated the anniversary edition of The Selecter’s debut album Too Much Pressure.Performer\, singer\, artist\, band leader and songwriter\, Pauline Black has dedicated four decades to the music scene and is an undisputed icon of British music. Supporting and campaigning for racial equality throughout her work\, she describes herself as first and foremost\, a singer. Pauline was awarded an OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Warwick in the same year. \nA lifelong love of music inspired by punk and reggae artists from the 1970s led Pauline to join The Selecter and a career that has seen her travel across the world to share her passion and artistry with hundreds of thousands of fans. The Selecter went on to become a platinum-selling band and one of the most influential within the 2 Tone music scene\, alongside others including The Beat\, The Specials and Madness. Pauline Black is one of very few women in the 2-Tone scene – she is often referred to as the Queen of Ska. \nFrom childhood to fame\, from singing to acting and broadcaster to writer\, from adoption to her search for her birth parents\, Pauline shared her story of music\, race\, family and roots in her critically acclaimed memoir ‘Black By Design.’ \nShe celebrated her 70th birthday in 2023 and is still performing live with The Selecter and recording new music. The Selecter is co-fronted by original member Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson with original drummer Charley ‘Aitch’ Bembridge.Lyle Bignon is a UK and European music\, media\, and PR consultant; music writer\, and Night Time Economy Ambassador for Birmingham. A champion of all things music and NTE in his home city\, Lyle works with artists\, bands\, bars\, clubs\, communities\, DJs\, labels\, organisations\, producers and venues. He has delivered hundreds of launches\, premieres\, projects\, and tours spanning opera to grime\, Qawwali to sludge metal\, and folktronica to punk rock\, and worked with some of the biggest names and brands in music over the past 20 years. \nLyle has written for or broken stories across international media including Arte\, BBC\, CBS\, Channel 4\, Classic FM\, CNN\, The Guardian\, ITV\, Metro\, Mixmag\, Music Week\, NBC\, NME\, The Daily Telegraph\, and The Times. \nHis lobbying and campaign work alongside policymakers\, academics\, business leaders\, and industry continues to highlight and address issues affecting music and the NTE at a local and national level. \nThis event is part of ‘The Heath Bookshop Literature and Music Festival’  which is supported using public funding by National Lottery through Arts Council England. \n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission\nE-TICKET \nTicket grants entry. \n\n\n\n£6.50+ £0.30 fee\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNext\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:An Evening of SKA\, REGGAE & 2 TONE
DESCRIPTION:Too Much Too Young: Ska\, Reggae & 2 Tone Records\nCome & celebrate the music of 2 Tone with 3 hours of dancing and guest DJs.\nDance to the infectious rhythms of The Specials\, Madness\, The Selecter\, The Beat\, Bad Manners\, UB40 and the music that made 2 Tone.\n\n\n\n\nThe last night sold out -so please buy early to avoid disappointment…\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUEST DJs\n DON’T CALL ME SKA FACE\nGrowing up on 2 Tone got me into the Birmingham ska scene at a young age\, I found other young people with a mutual love for the sound of Ska\, Rocksteady and Boss reggae. I work with people involved in the subculture to keep the scene alive\, and celebrate the music!\n DANIEL RACHEL\nDaniel Rachel is a former musician-turned-award-winning and bestselling author. In 2021\, Daniel was a guest curator of 2 Tone Lives & Legacies exhibition as part of Coventry Cultural City 2021 and curated the anniversary edition of the Selecter’s debut album Too Much Pressure. His most recent book Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story was an Uncut\, Blitzed\, Louder Than War and SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR and longlisted for PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE 2024\n\n EDDIE PILLAR\nEstablished Acid Jazz record label and the independent station Totally Wired Radio. Eddie recently published the bestselling memoir Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances. His past glories include owning Hoxton’s legendary Blue Note club and as teenage painting the beta girl on his Harrington with Typex.\n\nSigned copies of Too Much Too Young’ the 2 Tone Records Story available to buy on the night.\n\n\nAs Terry Hall said\, ‘Enjoy Yourself and have bags of fun!’\n\n\n\nhttps://fb.me/e/1q18opEdr
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SUMMARY:Phoenix - Changing Hands
DESCRIPTION:Daniel will be discussing 2 Tone and his new book Too Much Too Young
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