Accessible, fun, whistle-stop tour through the history of music – but one which makes some serious points about the importance of music in the fight for justice.
Dave Randall gives a multimedia presentation of his debut book: live guitar, recorded music plus video to include excerpts from Palestrina, Xenakis, Billie Holiday and Beyoncé.
‘A deeply intelligent look at music and society’ Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music
‘A terrific, exciting book, weaving together the strands of music, politics and worldwide struggles.’ Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Dave Randall, guitarist, producer and composer, has contributed to multi-million selling albums by Grammy Award winning artist Dido and has toured the world performing with Faithless. His own critically acclaimed albums are released under the name Slovo featuring collaborations with artists including Iceland’s Emiliana Torrini, and US jazz legend Max Roach. He has toured with Sinead O’Connor; teamed up with Big Dada artist Mike Ladd and other musicians to create the Paris based improvising quartet ‘Sleeping In Vilna’; contributed guitars to Nessi Gomes’ debut album; and performed live with Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals). His documentary music includes that for the feature length Rebuilding Hope and Witness Bahrain.
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