No Doubt ended their nine-year hiatus with a buzzy Coachella set on the main stage on Saturday night. Fronted by a punk-ified Gwen Stefani, the iconic ska group threw it back to the ’90s and ’00s as they ripped through hits like “Just a Girl,” “Don’t Speak,” and “Ex-Girlfriend.” They served as the final act on the main stage before Tyler, the Creator’s headline set later Saturday night.
Backed by a mighty brass ensemble, the Orange County heroes opened promptly at 9:25pm with their 2001 electro-rock hit “Hella Good.
Backed by a mighty brass ensemble, the Orange County heroes opened promptly at 9:25pm with their 2001 electro-rock hit “Hella Good.
- 4/14/2024
- by Ethan Millman and Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Renowned reggae crooner Junior English died aged 71 last week, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans, friends and family members far and wide – particularly among Britain’s Black Caribbean communities.
Widely regarded as the first “king of lovers’ rock” in the UK, English released more than 13 studio albums across a six-decade career, working with popular reggae producers and labels including Clement Bushay, the Pama brothers at Jet Star Records, Count Shelly, and Trojan Records.
With the capacity to bowl listeners over with his deep baritone, and thrill them with a striking falsetto, the London-based singer rose to become one of the most sought-after reggae artists of his generation.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1951, English was the youngest of three children. He began to perform as a pre-teen and recorded two songs, “Fay is Gone” and “My Queen” (a duet with Errol Dunkley) for producer Prince Buster in the 1960s.
He...
Widely regarded as the first “king of lovers’ rock” in the UK, English released more than 13 studio albums across a six-decade career, working with popular reggae producers and labels including Clement Bushay, the Pama brothers at Jet Star Records, Count Shelly, and Trojan Records.
With the capacity to bowl listeners over with his deep baritone, and thrill them with a striking falsetto, the London-based singer rose to become one of the most sought-after reggae artists of his generation.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1951, English was the youngest of three children. He began to perform as a pre-teen and recorded two songs, “Fay is Gone” and “My Queen” (a duet with Errol Dunkley) for producer Prince Buster in the 1960s.
He...
- 3/15/2023
- by Nadine White
- The Independent - Music
When the Specials’ Jerry Dammers’ launched the 2 Tone label in Britain in 1979, his group was more than just a ska revival band with good taste in covers — they were a multi-racial spearhead of a post-punk movement combatting skinhead racism (fueled by far-right groups like the National Front) and the craven business-first classism of the Thatcher government. Now, with racist nationalism on the rise amidst the Brexit debacle, the Special’s third album — 38 years since the last one, More Specials — is well timed. As frontman Terry Hall puts it, the band remain “horribly relevant.
- 2/2/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Like many of the post-punk U.K. ska bands, The Specials were serious fans of the late Cecil Bustamente Campbell, aka Prince Buster, one of Jamaican music’s godfathers. They covered his “Too Hot” on their debut, “Enjoy Yourself” on their follow-up; their cohorts Madness made his “One Step Beyond” their signature. Now, the Specials have overhauled Prince Buster’s mid-Sixties spoken word single “Ten Commandments of Man.” A battle-of-the-sexes routine, the original addresses a woman as if she were property, instructing that she obey him “In my every whim...
- 1/31/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Dr No was set in Jamaica, so why not record a joyful ska version of the the famous Bond theme?
For those too young for punk and too bewildered by post-punk, in 1979 2-Tone was just the ticket. It also provided a handy route into ska, a genre of music I'd never heard of, and which bore scant relation to the po-faced roots reggae it had evolved into over the preceding decade. Songs recorded in the early-to-mid-60s by Prince Buster and the Skatalites were being covered by the Specials, Madness and the Selecter. It's hard to imagine, given the array of ska compilations available today, but if you wanted to hear more of the music that inspired the 2-Tone bands, back in 1979 it was a struggle.
Then the British reggae imprint Trojan released Intensified! Original Ska 1962-1966. Even now I get a frisson of excitement just looking at the cover.
For those too young for punk and too bewildered by post-punk, in 1979 2-Tone was just the ticket. It also provided a handy route into ska, a genre of music I'd never heard of, and which bore scant relation to the po-faced roots reggae it had evolved into over the preceding decade. Songs recorded in the early-to-mid-60s by Prince Buster and the Skatalites were being covered by the Specials, Madness and the Selecter. It's hard to imagine, given the array of ska compilations available today, but if you wanted to hear more of the music that inspired the 2-Tone bands, back in 1979 it was a struggle.
Then the British reggae imprint Trojan released Intensified! Original Ska 1962-1966. Even now I get a frisson of excitement just looking at the cover.
- 12/2/2011
- by Jon Dennis
- The Guardian - Film News
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