DARYL EASLEA

DJ, compere, and consultant to record companies, Daryl Easlea’s books explore his favourite loves; great pop eccentrics, populist African-American music and prog rock (he has written biographies of Chic, Sparks, Peter Gabriel and just finished writing about Michael Jackson).
His work can be found in Mojo, Record Collector, Prog, Bass Guitar, bbc.co.uk and in lots of other places, too. He also compiles and annotates CDs.

Aside from regular BBC Essex appearances, his radio broadcasting can be heard on www.sfob.co.uk; he has DJ’ed at festivals such as V and Big Chill, and at locations as varied as the Tate Modern Turbine Hall and the croisette at Cannes.
He can also be seen in the BBC4 documentaries Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story and Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker.

He is delighted to be returning to compere and DJ with Middle Age Spread at the Village Green Stage for the fourth year running.