About this Event
Described as ‘A VERITABLE BARD OF THE BENT, BROKEN AND BAROQUE’ by Andy Partridge (XTC), Darryl W. Bullock is a feature writer and author who specialises in pop music history and LGBT issues.
He has written for publications including The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Bristol Magazine, The Bath Chronicle, Literary Hub, Venue, Folio, Songwriter Magazine, The Spark, The Western Daily Press, We Are Family Magazine, The Bristol Evening Post, B24/7 and The Quietus. He has been profiled in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and GT, and has appeared on many local and national radio & TV programmes.
Needless to say we're delighted to welcome Darryl back to Louder Than Words Festival! His most recent book 'The Velvet Mafia' provides a focus for this in conversation but we'll be treated to broader insights and expertise, including those linked to his pending 2022 publication 'Pride, Pop and Politics'.
A pertinent and necessary focus for any Festival embracing music, books, society and more, Darryl and Roisin will be discussing the rich, powerful and influntial men and women who drove rock culture from a creative context of considerable challenge forged by being gay and how LGBT+ rights and the diverse music of associated artists have evolved since the 1970s. Fascinating, intriguing, revealing and utterly essential. We canNOT wait!
Event and Discounted Book combo tickets are available (UK carriage included) as well as Event only options - attend in person in Manchester or join our livestream wherever you are around the globe!
There will be a dedicated Book-Signing event immediately afterwards. For Attend In Person tickets, books will be available for collection at the event.
DARRYL W. BULLOCK is the author of six books, including Florence Foster Jenkins: The Life of the World’s Worst Opera Singer, David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music, and The Infamous Cherry Sisters: The Worst Act in Vaudeville. His latest, The Velvet Mafia, was published in February 2021. He also hosts a weekly radio show and blog, The World’s Worst Records
ROISIN DWYER is a journalist and broadcaster based in Dublin. After working as Commissioning Editor for Hot Press for 16 years she joined the Marketing Team in the National Concert Hall in 2019 where she has organised PR for events by Gavin Friday, Nadine Shah, Blixa Bargeld, Matthew E White, Cathal Coughlan and more.
She still contributes to Hot Press where over the years she has interviewed Johnny Marr, Nick Cave, Julian Cope, Paul Simonon, Robert Smith, Jah Wobble, Viv Albertine, Ray Manzarek and Chris Cornell to name but a few. She is also a regular reviewer on RTE’s arts show Arena. In addition to her Louder appearances she has hosted public Q&As at Dalkey Book Festival, Dublin’s Vinyl Festival and Output Belfast.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
INNSIDE Manchester, 1 First Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 25.00