Narrated by Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, The Transplants), the series traces the roots of New York Hardcore, British 2-Tone Ska, and German Krautrock with conversations with the founders of ...

2 Tone music started in Coventry in the 1970s. Here’s a quick guide introducing the style if you haven’t heard of it before. 2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk ...

On a cold Friday night in Leeds, Rhoda Dakar - former Bodysnatchers vocalist and 2 Tone ska icon - treated audiences to a ...

I vividly remember when my white best friend at school came in wearing a pork pie hat and listening to ska. I was like “Whaaat?”. Back then I thought ska music was old fashioned, it was the ...

Coventry's The Specials were just one of many bands to come from the ska and two tone era An upcoming BBC drama exploring the beginnings of the two tone scene is a "love letter to Birmingham and ...

Part of the British two-tone ska revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Madness was already a successful group with several Top 10 hits in U.K. such as “Baggy Trousers,” “One Step Beyond ...

Three-and four-button suits were first popularised in the early 20th century before being adopted by the Mods in the 60s. Inspired by the stiff Edwardian cut, the Mod look was characterised by ...

Earlier this year, Philadelphia's Catbite released Nice One. The record is a snappy mix of punk, two-tone, ska, and power pop that address personal and the political. There is also a very cool Selena ...

A beautifully-constructed documentary perfectly tells the often painful story of the Ska world’s most iconic female vocalists ...

the Ruts (the magnificent “Jah War”), Stiff Little Fingers (covering Bob Marley’s “Johnny Was”) and the Members all presage the decade end 2-Tone ska revival. And that’s just the punky ...

Unspooling in Cadiz over Oct. 25-31, the South International Series Festival is a bellwether on trends and highlights for the ...

Don't miss this one! Come join us sailing the Thames, taking in London's historic sights, all to the finest ska, rocksteady, reggae and 2 Tone sounds, spun by resident DJ's Sean Flowerdew (Pama ...