Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ernest Ranglin performs at the Barbican Centre in London on June 27, 2016. “You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin ...

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 ...

“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?

Singer Gwen Stefani has shared how her sibling got her into listening to UK band Madness when they were growing up. The No Doubt singer, who grew up in California, has revealed how she was introduced ...

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...

The popular group from Caracas, with a new album and tour bringing it back to Katy in March, refused to flee during the ...

With soundchecks complete, it’s cramped in the confined and dimly lit backstage area at Grappa’s Cellar in Central, as musicians make last-minute preparations for a special night of ska music. “We’ve ...

The 26th edition of Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival is on for June 18 through 22, and the 2025 lineup has something for everyone — from fans of the fest's titular genres to jungle, punk, hip-hop and ...

Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival is boasting its "most eclectic lineup to date" in 2025, and you're thusly being ordered to pull up your skanking boot straps and fasten your 2-tone suspenders for the ...

Toots Hibbert, the soulful leader of the legendary ska/reggae band Toots and the Maytals, died last week in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 77 from complications related to the Covid-19 pandemic. His ...