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Terry Hall, frontman for English ska-punk band the Specials, dies at 63
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTerry Hall of the Specials performs in 2022. (Dimitri Hakke / Redferns via Getty Images) Terry Hall,...
An old VHS tape gives a son a glimpse of his father's shot at fame in 1960s Hollywood
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Meeks, left, with his father, Robert Meeks Jr., in Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles...
The sound of This Town: 10 essential 2 Tone songs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor a brief and rather glorious period at the dog end of the 1970s, the 2 Tone ska movement gripped the nation’s pop kids. Bursting forth from the...
Bésame Mucho, the Spanish-language music fest coming to Austin, hosts generations of stars
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoA large chunk of Mexican music history will arrive to town on March 2. More than 90 Spanish-language...
Hip-Hop Was Born in New York City, But Its Roots Are in the Caribbean
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGrandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Chuck D attend Columbia University's Rap...
Iconic Kansas City venue hasn’t had a concert in decades. Now it’s going to reopen
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe former El Torreon Ballroom, a Kansas City icon that hasn’t hosted a concert since 1974, is being...
Chris Blackwell: The Man, the Myths and the Legends
SPIN via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond, the newly released Gallery Books memoir from pioneering music executive and Island Records founder Chris...
The MIPCOM Hot List: Buyers Brace for “Fewer, Better, Bigger Shows”
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBye-bye, Peak TV. After more than a decade of unprecedented production growth, the international...
This Moment to Arise: The Revisionary Genius of Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBeyoncé has so many audacious culture-clash triumphs all over Cowboy Carter. But one of the most...