The Bear has included Pearl Jam songs in the past, using the 1993 song “Animal” and the 2006 song “Come Back.” The Bear has featured a great soundtrack over the last two seasons, with artists like ...

Many 1970s and 1980s bands are enjoying revivals these days. But for The English Beat, it’s not just a case of nostalgia. The band’s eminently danceable ska tunes are as vibrant and irresistible as ...

Ska and two-tone music is known for its bounce. And that’s exactly what the floor was doing less than one song into the English Beat show at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City Tuesday. Those songs, all ...

The English Beat at Belly Up. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Special for Times of San Diego) On the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling invited the crowd to forget the ...

When the British ska movement launched in the late ‘70s, great ska/rocksteady acts such as the Skatalites, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker were founding influences. Inspired by the rebellious nature ...

It would be easy to attribute the resurgence of American interest in 2-tone/ska (there are thriving scenes from Boston to Los Angeles) to our propensity for tossing every musical movement from the ...