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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bardon Quinn and Dante Williams in Steven Knight's This Town - Robert Viglasky/BBC For a brief and rather glorious period at the dog end of the 1970s, the 2 Tone ska movement gripped the nation’s pop ...

If you are a fan of legendary British ska band The English Beat and have never seen them in concert, don’t save that time for later: See them when they come to the Rio Theatre Friday. Formed as The ...

Founded in 1978, the English Beat were one of the pioneering bands of the 2 Tone ska movement, blending pop, reggae, punk, R&B and ska influences on infectious songs such as “Mirror in the Bathroom,” ...