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 ...

During the 1960s and early '70s, Trojan Records was the preeminent distributor of Jamaican music in the United Kingdom, issuing more than 3,000 singles there. One hundred of those tracks are compiled ...

Whenever I tell someone I dig reggae, I typically get a quizzical look followed by, “Isn't reggae pretty much the same thing over and over again?" Not quite, since one could pretty much say the same ...

Summer doesn't officially begin until this Sunday, June 21. But it's been a bit hot outside this week (when not raining), and in case you want to get an early start, why not begin with the official ...

Lloyd Brevett, a renowned double bassist who helped carry ska music from Jamaica to the world as a founding member of the hugely influential band the Skatalites, died Thursday at a Kingston hospital ...

Ask most Americans what they think of ska music, and the reaction will likely land somewhere between a giggle and a dry-heave. Once the province of a young Bob Marley, and later of bands angry enough ...