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 ...

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Looking back at the incredible impact of reggae and ska producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, and the 1968 anthem of defiance that changed reggae music forevermore.

“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?

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 ...

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 ...

Orange Street, also known as ‘beat street’, was the birthplace of many reggae, ska and rocksteady artists, as well as the area where these genres were championed – especially in the 1960s and 70s. We ...

The trombonist Rico Rodriguez played on myriad recordings in Jamaica and the UK, including the original version of Dandy Livingstone's 1967 infectious rock steady classic "A Message To You, Rudy" and ...

A global phenomenon that still heavily influences modern culture today, reggae, and its many sub-genres, has been a pioneering and potent force within music, the arts and politics since it first ...