Dave Randall: Activist Musician

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Dave Randall is a guitarist and founder of Slovo, and has previously toured with Faithless, Sinead O’Connor and Dido. As an activist, he has campaigned for Love Music Hate Racism, Freedom for Palestine and the People’s Assembly Against Austerity. This year, he released the third album under his band Slovo titled Bread and Butterflies, which he finished under lockdown. In 2017, he authored a book, Sound System, the Political Power of Music. We discussed his ongoing fascination with the way politics and music are intimately connected, from the anti-establishment raves of the Thatcher years in Britain to Beyonce’s engagement with the Black Lives Matter conversation. Follow Dave Randall on Twitter @davidrrandall and learn more at randallmusic.net. Buy his music at slovo.bandcamp.com Follow Future Heist on Instagram and Twitter @future_heist for episode updates, news and giveaways. Produced and recorded by Rena Niamh Smith Theme music by Benjamin Tassie Artwork by Fleur Beck Sound engineering by Gibran Farrah Consultation by Ben Weaver-Hincks Original illustrations and social media editing by Charlotte Rose Watts Special thanks to Chloe Vasseghi

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Interview with Dave Randall, former guitarist to Faithless, founder of Slovo and author of "Sound System: the Political Power of Music", about music and politics in the age of Palestine Solidarity, Black Lives Matter and Covid-19.

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