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The Toasters look back at early days of stateside ska
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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ALI | January 10, 2012 Despite its seminal role in the creation of first-wave UK punk, ska in America doesn't get no respect. At least not following a brief explosion of US mainstream popularity in the '90s. It doesn't matter that the Jamaica-born,
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This week's new live music
Newcastle :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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It's evidently this meeting of subject and form that's led Texan musician Annie Clark to the strange, hybridised style that she practises when performing as St Vincent: the prog torch song. It's a specialised mode, and not for everybody, but it's one
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New band of the day – No 1,058: Razika
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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Razika (No 1,058) These four Norwegian girls make a joyous, reggae-influenced racket that recalls ska-pop pioneers the Specials Norwegian good .....The lineup: Marie Amdam, Maria Rakil, Marie Moe and Embla Karidotter Dahleng...Either Norwegian all-
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Ska takes over Jamaica
Miami :: FL :: USA | 2 years ago
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Did Jamaica's revolutionary, back-to-front beat originate from listening to rhythm'n'blues carried on AM radio signals all the way from Miami, or the New Orleans hits played with heavy bass by local DJs at 1950s soundsystems? Prince Buster claims it
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MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL FEATURES 80 MUSICIANS IN 10 DAYS
The likes of the Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings and 12 Tone Diamonds will play at the event.(TRAVPR.COM) UK - March 28th, 2011 - Some of Australia's most talented and
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Selector's Pauline Black and Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson reunite at Bloomsbury Ballroom
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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Pauline Black and Arthur Hendrickson of The Selector The Selecter are the forgotten band of the 2-Tone movement. The group, fronted by the striking-looking, strong-voiced Pauline Black, embodied the label's multi-racial ethos as much as The Specials,
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The Specials @ Club Nokia 4/15/10
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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The atmosphere inside an unusually tightly-clamped Club Nokia fifteen minutes before showtime was tense and hot, as hundreds of patrons were ushered up to the balcony due to overcrowding downstairs, only to find that every seat had been filled. Lots
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Steady Rocking: The Bay Area Rocksteady Revival
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 years ago
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The following is an extended version of a piece that originally ran in the SF Weekly on December 16, 2009. Please visit the band links for more information on their upcoming shows. It’s Saturday night at Koko Cocktails in the Tenderloin and 39 year-
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Paul Morley talks to ex-Specials singer Jerry Dammers
Coventry :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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Jerry Dammers From founding the Specials to forming a orchestra to pay tribute to the late Sun Ra, Jerry Dammers has never shied from embracing creative chaos, says Paul Morley Paul Morley talks to the ex-Specials keyboard player and Sun Ra devotee
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Twilight’s Kristen Stewart in Toyko
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 3 years ago
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Kristen Stewart promoted “New Moon” by taking questions at a publicity press conference in Tokyo. Steal Kristen’s style… Seiko SJB880 Watch – Kristen Stewart has been spotted several times wearing Seiko Automatic Watches .
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