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Terry Hall of The Specials Gone at 63

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Fun Boy Three, Our Lips Are Sealed, RIP, Terry Hall, The Colourfield, The Go-Gos, The Specials

The legendary British Ska pioneer died following a brief illness

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Dub/Reggae Remembrance Ska

Artists Remember Toots Hibbert

September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Funky Kingston, Jimmy Cliff, Keith Richards, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Reggae, RIP, Ronnie Wood, The Specials, The Who, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert, Ziggy Marley

Read remembrances from Mick Jagger, The Who, Keith Richards, Brian Eno and more and listen to our exclusive mixtape honoring the life of the man who gave reggae its name

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Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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Rock & Roll Globe Presents The 30 Best Albums of 2019

December 31, 2019January 1, 2020 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 10 Comments 30 Best Albums of 2019, Aldous Harding, Bill Callahan, Billie Eilish, black midi, Freddie Gibbs, Harry Styles, Jenny Lewis, John Kilzer, Kingfish, Lee Scratch Perry, Lizzo, Madlib, Madonna, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Purple Mountains, Raphael Saadiq, Rock and Roll Globe, Solange, Starcrawler, The Comet Is Coming, The Highwomen, The Muffs, The Specials, The Who, Trupa Trupa, Vampire Weekend, Versus

Our definitive list captures the full scope of supreme sounds closing out the second decade of the 21st century

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New Wave Pop Punk Ska

The Nuttiest Sound Around: Madness’s One Step Beyond Turns 40

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments 1979, 2 Tone Records, Cathal “Chas Smash” Smyth, Chris Foreman, Dan Woodgate, Graham “Suggs” McPherson, Jerry Dammers, Lee "Kix" Thompson, Madness, Mark Bedford, Mike Barson, One Step Beyond, The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials

The debut LP of this iconic British ska band introduced a genre revival in 1979

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Visiting Jimmy Cliff’s Birthplace After Thirty Years of Adoring His Music

February 14, 2018December 16, 2021 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Bad Manners, Barrington Levy, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Junior Murvin, Kanye), Madness, Paul Simonon, Sister Nancy, ska, The Clash, The English Beat, The Equals, The Harder They Come, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals

Jimmy Cliff in France, 2012 (Wiki) There’s no way to write about visiting Jamaica on a cruise ship without coming off like Michael Scott wearing a braid after his trip to Sandals. Nevertheless, my insistence, dreaded by my children, on venturing into the actual real life of these magical places we are occasionally fortunate to visit, is the most rewarding part of our trips together. While our fellow passengers are ziplining

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