The Skatalites News

Tomorrow brings ska-kooky Bangkok a chance to actually meet the originators of the jumpy Jamaican sound, the Skatalites.

Pattaya's Ban Amphur beach gets all dolled up to welcome top Jamaican and British ska acts for next week's reggae fest Ska and reggae fans are in for a treat on December 19, as the Smiley Fest gets underway on Ban Amphur beach in sunny Pattaya.

Channeling late '70s bands like the Jam and the Beat, D.C.'s Modest Proposal was a fixture of the city's early-'80s mod and ska scenes, and the group performed for several years before disbanding in 1986.

Violent Femmes co-founder Gordon Gano leads his new project, the Ryans, at the Hi-Ho Lounge on St.

Skavenjah Hey Little Rich Girl The Big Upgrade The Skatalites Musical Storeroom The Coventry Automatics The Heptones The Bluebeats King Django Hey, Bartender Justin Hinds & The Dominoes Corner Stone Checkered Cabs Honor Your Father and Your Mother The Toasters Freedom The Pacers Strokes of Reality Eastern Standard Time Tick Tock Dr.

Craig Ross at the controls, serving up party music at 'Las Lik'. - photos by Mel Cooke After a 59th anniversary season which included a trip back to its St Thomas origins, a tribute to Cynthia Schloss and an all-inclusive weekend at Hedonism II in St Ann, Merritone wrapped up with a 'Las Lik' at The Deck, Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, on Monday ...

File photos Sonny Bradshaw Members of the Sonny Bradshaw Band in 1969. Back row, E. Grant , Willie Lindo , Jerry Transcique , Mike Stewart , Charille Cameron and Lascelles Greenwood .

Oswald 'Count Ossie' Williams - File Oswald 'Count Ossie' Williams' influence extended far beyond the camp in Rockfort, east Kingston, where he hosted extended music sessions in which the drums and brass instruments featured heavily.

With Tip The Van, The Duppies, Live Now, Johnny 9 and The Racers and Stalemate. 7 p.m., Oct.

Tony Greene and Tafane Bucksaecab . Jamaica has a sterling history of horns in its music, the trumpet, trombone and saxophone giving songs a sparkle onstage and in the studio, and people such as Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, Wilton Gaynair, Lester Sterling, Sonny Bradshaw, Nambo Robinson, Dean Fraser and Tony Greene among those who have played their ...

While many of us fear it, change can often yield remarkable results. And in the case of Transitions, the aptly-titled 2006 Hellcat Records debut from Boston's acclaimed ska septet, Westbound Train, alterations in membership and label allegiance have only served to strengthen a band already known to genre aficionados for its live work ethic.

Coiling-serpent guitar and resin rhythms make it obvious this is reggae for Rastas, not frat boys.

Ronald 'Nambo' Robinson and his band in concert at Redbones the Blues Cafe last Thursday.

Governor General Sir Howard Cooke presents Headley Bennett with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer for his contribution to the development of music on National Heroes Day in 2005.

Governor General Sir Howard Cooke presents Headley Bennett with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer for his contribution to the development of music on National Heroes Day in 2005.

Image credits: Jim Higgins Fond of folk? Then head to the Lowell Folk Festival in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, for a weekend of music, dance, and food from around the world.

No Doubt ventured into Canada this week as part of their reunion tour which has had them on the road since the beginning of May.

Not gonna lie: I had my doubts going into No Doubt's reunion tour stop at MTS Centre on Monday night.

Despite a somewhat low turnout, what matters most in jazz is still the music. From this standpoint, it was the music of the Fabulous Five's Ska/Reggae Revival that brought a swinging climax to the week-long Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival on Sunday.

Jerry Case ; Simon Washburn ; Frank Thornton ; Thomas Case ; Ryan Schmollinger ; Nic Hanks ; Luis Flores ; John "Musclemouth" Lugo ; Robert Valdez ; Sal Correa ; Josh Divicenzo KINDRED SPIRITS: The Skatalites, The Ethiopians, The Heptones, The Melodians, Pat Kelly, The Maytals, The Wailers, Desmond Dekker, plus American jazz and soul artists "In My ...