Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Daniel Rachel Groundswell Speaker 2024 shortlisted for the Folio Prize

shortlisted for the Folio Prize and the Goldsmith Prize and longlisted for the IMPAC Prize

and the four companions he has gathered along the road

Praise for Every Time You Hear That Song:“I absolutely loved this romantic

symbolising the act of breaking bread together

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Daniel Rachel Groundswell Speaker 2024 shortlisted for the Folio PrizeIn 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. It spoke of injustices in society and took fight against right wing extremism. The music of 2 Tone was