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Dave Wakeling keeps the beat going decades after The English Beat and General Public sparked up a two-tone, ska and new wave ...
Reggae and dancehall maven Koffee returns with a new self-titled single, two years since her last release and three years since her last solo single ...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has invited acclaimed tenor saxophonist David Murray to ...
Steven Seagal has made some horrendous misjudgements in his career, but none so awful as his attempt at making a reggae track.
Patrons are invited to experience the vibrant music, food, and culture that define brand Jamaica, while being part of a historic day for reggae. “This is not just a tribute to Sizzla ...
Taking influence from the music of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean islands, where reggae, rocksteady and the original wave of ska music originated from, this new British incarnation focused on the ...
“Independence was coming and everybody knew it. They wanted music they could call their own.” Jamaican Independence from Britain came in 1962 and the celebratory ska of The Skatalites resounded ...
As it happens, Doom Garden works as a pretty fitting example of how ska might be able to fit into contemporary pop. It honors the traditions of the former, while summoning the joy of the latter. The ...