Ranking Roger, the British new wave/ska/reggae musician and vocalist known for his seminal work with ‘80s two-tone band the English Beat and later General Public, has passed away at age 56. Although ...

Dave Wakeling returns to Marin on June 7 as he leads his seminal British ska band, the English Beat, through a headlining performance as part of the 25th annual Novato Festival of Art, Wine & Music.

This Sunday, Valentine’s Day if you nasty, Warehouse Live gets a two-tone shot of ska history when the English Beat and Fishbone hit the stage. The two bands tour together quite a bit and have become ...

In 1993, when Luis Correa started Steady Beat Recordings, ska was the life of the party. From backyard shows to barrio clubs and big-time venues, the revived sounds of 1960s two-tone were the ...

How ska and reggae came to a white, soccer-loving U.K. teenager involves a history lesson, which the loquacious Wakeling cheerfully provides in a 40-minute interview by phone from a Nashville, Tenn.

You can understand why the English Beat’s Dave Wakeling left his native working-class town of Birmingham, England, for Southern California 25 years ago. One day last week, he stood on his balcony, ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Content sponsored by AEG Presents Rocky Mountains. Get out your dancing shoes for AEG Presents’ first-ever Denver Ska Fest, taking place on Saturday, June 15, in Sculpture Park off Speer Boulevard at ...

“Hangin’ Around” might become this year’s grade-school summer hit. Debbie Cavalier’s “friends” are faculty members at the Berklee College of Music joined by Jamaican rapper DJ Logix, and they know how ...

One of the most important ska bands of all time, The English Beat helped revive the genre in the early '80s. Influenced by pop, punk and reggae, the group tackled political themes such as poverty and ...

SKA Drummer Everett Morton from The English Beat band passed away at 71. The Birmingham, England band announced Morton’s death on Saturday. Please provide a valid ...