Ska Music

How often do two bands that have helped to define a genre of music play the same club in the same 30-day period? From my experience the answer is almost never. December and January provided a wealth of opportunity for ska fans in Connecticut to get their skank on at Toad’s Place, a historic rock venue in New Haven. Of course when you think of third wave ska no two groups have been more influential than Reel Big Fish and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, that is what we were all ready for. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ended their long hiatus in 2008 to play ... Read Full Story

The Trojan label was established around 1967 as a sector of Island Records. It was originally designed to showcase producer Duke Reid. In 1968, Lee Gopthal would take over the label. Trojan's recordings would exemplify the very best of reggae and ska music. British producers and bands teamed up with some of Jamaica's finest artists such as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Toots & The Maytals, and Bob Marley & the Wailers. Trojan would create many subsidiary labels over the years while pursuing different genres of reggae such as dub, roots, ska, rocksteady, dancehall and skinhead. Skinhead refers to a non-racist group, SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial ... Read Full Story

Take That have just entertained almost 100,000 fans as their Circus Tour came to Coventry's Ricoh for three sell out dates and the Coventry Telegraph were there to capture the atmosphere in the following pictures: *pics by Joe Bailey *EXTRA BLOG - more from the world of robmacca http://robmacca.blogspot.com/rss.xml Read Full Story

Tracklist: 1. R'Aggro - Skoidats 2. My Very Own Flag - Less Than Jake 3. Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down - Toasters 4. Give Me Tomorrow - Ex-Cathedra 5. Brown Cows Of Elocution - Zen Baseball Bat 6. Armstrong - Adjusters 7. Trevor's Pole - Lubby Nugget 8. Idols - Spunge 9. Better Off Gay - Uncle Brian 10. You Don't Know - Slackers 11. Breed - Skanic 12. Calling In Sick - Buck O Nine 13. In The Mood For Ska - Aitken, Laurel & The Skatalites 14. Brother Can You Spare A Pound - Trojans 15. Too Stoopid - Mustard ... Read Full Story

Tracklist: CD1 01. Day O (The Banana Boat Song) - The Techniques 02. Land Of Sun And Sea - The Paragons 03. Soul Limbo - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 04. Summertime - Lloyd Clarke 05. Summertime Rock - The Progressions 06. Miss Tourist - Dennis Walks-The Pioneers 07. Scorcher - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 08. Another Scorcher - The Tennors 09. Hotter Scorcher - Sweet Confusion 10. Jamaica Farewell - Jamaica Duke 11. Sun Shines For Me, The - Bob Andy 12. Theme From A Summer Place - Ranny Williams-The Hippy Boys 13. Hello Sunshine - Jimmy Cliff 14. In The Summertime ... Read Full Story

Pint Shot Riot Coventry's Godiva Festival lived up to expectations and put on a great display both local talent but also some groovy bands from around the country. Best of all the three day festival was FREE, which in the difficult times we live in was impressive. Thanks to the organisers like CVOne, Harry Shaw and other local companies the festival continued for the 90,000 in attendance over the weekend. The Twang Initially I was concerned Godiva wouldn't live up to last year, where The Enemy headlined but the rains came down. Yet bands like The Twang and Idlewild kept the good people of ... Read Full Story

Date Tuesday, September 1st Location Flamingo Cantina Doors 900p Tickets $18 @ the Door How can you not want to go see the 73 year old dub-reggae master get his groove on at Flamingo Cantina? Let’s face it, if you like reggae, and I do, you need to get stepping to see Lee Scratch Perry. Dr. Dubbist will also be in attendance. Perry produced the following song, which is one of my all time faves, so if you love it, see you Tuesday night. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version ... Read Full Story