“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?

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate 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, ...

Local reggae/ska-infused horn band The Wicked Bees got back together in 2023, and one short year later, here they are tooting their own horns to a fresh EP, “Knees.” The upbeat, energetic album is the ...

AFA copy 39088019752104 gift from Janet Stanley. Roots -- Reggae, Rastafarianism and Cultural Identity / Verena Reckord -- from "Reggae, Rastafarians and Revolution: Rock Music in the Third World" / ...

KEYSTONE – If not for the background story that named the band, 12 Cents for Marvin would have a typical formation tale. A group of friends from college – Colorado State University in this case – gets ...

Derrick Morgan is a legend — a rougher than rough, tougher than tough, onetime rude boy who helped shape the sound of ska in the 1960s. Singing braggadocious tunes and loving duets for more than 60 ...