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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,...
World Ska’s Stupendous Supernova: A Rude Dispatch From Virginia
SPIN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Supernova International Ska Festival at Fort Monroe, Virginia is ground zero for ska fans who...
As ska's conquering ruler, Derrick Morgan delivers freedom sounds to a new generation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDerrick Morgan is a legend — a rougher than rough, tougher than tough, onetime rude boy who helped shape the sound of ska in the 1960s. Singing braggadocious tunes and loving duets for more ...
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...
"All I’ve ever wanted to do is spread positivity through music": How Skindred's Benji Webbe went...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSkindred's Benji Webbe 2023 Newport Market is a good place to shelter from the rain on a wet...
Give him the rock: Suns' Terrence Ross says musical taste surprises people
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMost NBA players pump up the volume on hip hop or R&B music from their smartphones or a large...
10 reggae records that every bass fan should know
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto of WAILERS and Aston BARRETT and Bob MARLEY, Bob Marley performing live on stage at the Odeon with Aston 'Family Man' Barrett Released in April...
Massachusetts concert dates offer 'pinch me' moment for this New Hampshire reggae band
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFor a reggae band from suburban New Hampshire, meeting and performing with Stephen Marley was...
Bésame Mucho, the Spanish-language music fest coming to Austin, hosts generations of stars
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoA large chunk of Mexican music history will arrive to town on March 2. More than 90 Spanish-language...
The sound of This Town: 10 essential 2 Tone songs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks 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...