“Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac, yeah/The boy’s a time bomb.” Can anyone forget the first time they heard Armstrong’s shopping list of rebel style shouting out of a radio or MTV?

At first look, jazz seems to have little use for reggae. After all, isn't the essence of jazz its flights of improvisatory fancy, while reggae's trademark is that resolute, lockdown rhythm? But a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, better known to generations of ska, rocksteady and reggae fans by his nickname Toots as lead singer ...

“You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin about how he developed into such an eloquent guitarist – and the 82-year-old legend knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a master.

Colorado has long had a loving relationship with reggae music. By extension, that has led to a number of quality ska bands in the punk-rock scene. With the Wailers coming to Denver’s Gothic Theatre on ...

Ska and Reggae have their roots tied tightly around music in Jamaica in the 1960's. It has come and gone through the past decades and we're now seeing the 4th wave of Ska/Reggae resurgence. Here are ...

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Less Than Jake at Riot Fest 2022 by James Richards IV People were already ready to declare the US ska boom dead by the end of the 1990s, but 1) regardless of the mainstream’s interest in the genre, ...

Ska has been making its way back into the public consciousness more and more each year, it continues to attract new generations, and there continue to be so many great ska and ska-punk records coming ...

The Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival enters its 26th year this week as one of the top events in the city. It is also steadying itself for the biggest attendance in festival history, at a point in time ...

Birmingham International Ska & Reggae Festival 2025 is tbc... Where is Birmingham International Ska & Reggae Festival Birmingham International Ska & Reggae Festival is held at Thornborough Farm in ...