“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 ...

Stranger Cole, born Wilburn Theodore Cole in Kingston in 1945, represents one of the last living links to the birth of ...

VAIL – The Colorado-based band Judge Roughneck has been gaining nation-wide appeal with its brand of ska and reggae music. Judge Roughneck will perform as part of the free Street Beat concert series ...

Ska and Reggae have their roots tied tightly around music in Jamaica in the 1960's. It has come and gone through the past decades and we're now seeing the 4th wave of Ska/Reggae resurgence. Here are ...

“You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin about how he developed into such an eloquent guitarist – and the 82-year-old legend knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a master.

At first look, jazz seems to have little use for reggae. After all, isn't the essence of jazz its flights of improvisatory fancy, while reggae's trademark is that resolute, lockdown rhythm? But a ...

“We’re the Interrupters! We’re from Los Angeles, California!” the young guitarist announces over a fanfare, as the camera pulls back and reveals a four-piece band, plus a singer, and a crush of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Ernest Ranglin’s innovative guitar style help shape the evolution of ska, ...

I love all music, but admit some genres draw the short straw when it’s time for me to tune in. Reggae and ska are a couple of those styles I’d like to know more about. Who better to ask than the ...

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