Desmond Dekker

Drummer Graham Walker and bass player Robbie Manson will be playing at the Comm Bar in Thurso on Sunday, along with Johnny and Isaac Sutherland. Read More

DEVENDRA BANHART: shaman, savant or sham? Read More

Denham Town High Students are in a 'Blissful Frolic' in 2008. Read More

The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Read More

We all know it's not possible to see or hear or read everything and so either we see and hear and read as much as possible or we develop opinions by insinuation ('I don't have to read Dan Brown/hear the new JLS album/watch the Transformers sequel to know he's/their/its shit). Read More

For a moment it still seems like 1996 on Leonard Street in front of the grungy Knitting Factory club in New York City. Legions of teenaged ska kids loiter in front of the TriBeCa institution, dressed in their two-tone uniforms of stylish rebellion: black-and-white checkered ties, pork pie hats, and suspenders dotted with pins declaring their allegiance to mid-'90s bands like the Slackers and Reel Big Fish. They're here for Three Floors of Ska, a semi-annual event that attracts a 600-strong crowd primarily from the suburbs in Long Island and New Jersey, featuring ten bands and DJs playing the Knitting Factory's three stages. Read More

Ska isn't daunting so much as it's something most sane and so-called cool people wouldn't care to be associated with. Read More