The charismatic singer took the Beat out of the two-tone scene and into major US success – and played with the Clash and Sting When the Beat turned up on Top of the Pops in December 1979, they seemed ...

Playing all the two-tone classics from Madness, The Specials, Bad Manners and The Beat, as well as slipping in a few banging ska tunes of our own, we have an infectious energy in our live performances ...

On this week's Arts Show, Dave Owens talks to John Norton about 'Rude' the brand new Ska Musical by Tony Wright and we play-out on an old Ska classic, Madness with One Step Beyond. On this week's Arts ...

The charity got all the money, but Jason Vetter and his polychromatic sombrero had all the fun. The North Mankato 17-year-old belonged to one of four ska groups performing during the third annual ...

A look at the new book In Defense Of Ska and a network of artists giving the oft-maligned genre a fresh burst of life When Aaron Carnes began research for his book nearly a decade ago, he didn’t ...