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BRITISH ROCK READY FOR THE 80s & ITS AFTERSHOCKS
BRITISH ROCK READY FOR THE 80s & ITS AFTERSHOCKS
Join us for a rare screening of British Rock Ready for the Eighties: Punk and its Aftershocks + Q&A with director Wolfgang Büld and the authors Daniel Rachel, Cathi Unsworth, and Richard Weight doors: 7:00 start: 7:30 Tickets: £10 TICKETS This sequel to the Munich-based filmmaker Wolfgang Büld’s classic doc, PUNK IN LONDON, finds punk [...]
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Idler Festival
Idler Festival
Click on the names below to find out more about the speakers. ANIEFIOK EKPOUDOM ARTHUR SMITH BEN MOOR BILL ANDERSON CALEB AZUMAH NELSON CATHERINE FITZGERALD CHARLIE HIGSON CHRIS LINTOTT CLARE POLLARD DANIEL RACHEL DIVYANAND CAIRD DJ PAULETTE ELLA BERTHOUD EMILY’S WALKING BOOK CLUB GAVIN PRETOR-PINNEY GEORGIA MANN GUY HAYWARD GUY STANDING HARRY MOUNT AND JOHN DAVIE HENRY ELIOT JOHN-PAUL FLINTOFF LOUISA YOUNG LOUISE WINTER LUCIA STUART LUCY COOKE MARK VERNON AND ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH MICHAEL FRAYN MIXMASTER MORRIS NATALIE WILDGOOSE NINA STIBBE OLIVER BROADBENT (OF [...]
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Bradford Literary Festival
Bradford Literary Festival
TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY DESCRIPTION Join musician-turned-award-winning-author, Daniel Rachel, for the incredible story of the watershed moment that, for a time, shaped British pop culture. In 1979, the 2 Tone label exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers [...]
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Blur: To The End
Blur: To The End
SOLD OUT Saturday, July 20 Blur: To The End - Film screening and director Q&A Dreamhouse Records and SHAKE THE HIGH ROAD present a very special screening of the new Blur documentary 'To The End' in a unique E11 venue Dreamhouse Records and SHAKE THE HIGH ROAD present a very special screening of the critically [...]
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Ventnor Fringe Festival
Ventnor Fringe Festival
The Story of Two Tone Author Daniel Rachel discusses his definitive book about a label and musical movement that shaped British culture. Developed in Coventry in the late 70's, 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial mix of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues, racism, class and gender struggles. One for all Rudies [...]
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British Library – Rudies Come Back
British Library – Rudies Come Back
Your Local Arena Film Screening and Panel Talk: Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-Tone With Special Guests: Rhoda Dakar & Charlie Higson Free event! Thursday 25 July 2024 at 19:00 at the British Library, London NW12DB. With its home in Coventry, its roots in reggae and its multiracial bands, 2-Tone was [...]
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The Wake Festival
Daniel Rachel is in conversation with John Andrews at 1:30pm he also plays a 2 Tone 7” vinyl dj set at 5pm both are on the Meadow Stage. Musician-turned-award winning author talks about his current book, THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF 2 TONE RECORDS. AN UNCUT, RESIDENT MUSIC, LOUDER THAN WAR, BLITZED & TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. An essential read…fasten your seat belts, rudies’ MOJO A [...]
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Rebellion Festival
Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story (Daniel Rachel) Described as the definitive guide to 2 Tone, ‘Too Much Too Young - The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation’, to give it its full title, documents the impact of one of the UK’s most influential record [...]