Terry Hall, frontman of the Specials, the British ska band that blended pub-fight energy with socially conscious lyrics that explored the political and racial tensions of Britain in the late 1970s and ...

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Terry Hall, the lead singer of ska-punk band the Specials and a defining voice in British music history, has died at age 63. According to an emotional post on the band's Instagram page, Hall died ...

Terry Hall, who fronted the groundbreaking British ska-punk band the Specials and went on to a noteworthy career in his other bands and as a songwriter and collaborator, died on Dec. 18. He was 63. On ...

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If you are a fan of legendary British ska band The English Beat and have never seen them in concert, don’t save that time for later: See them when they come to the Rio Theatre Friday. Formed as The ...

Founder and lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, Terry Hall, has died at age 63 after a battle with a “brief illness.” After forming the group in 1977, the Specials saw a peak in ...

One of few women in a musical movement dominated by men, Pauline Black helped lead the 1970s U.K. ska revival with her band The Selecter. She... The British ska-revival band The Selecter formed in the ...

The Specials remembered Hall as a "beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced." Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at ...

The British ska-revival band The Selecter formed in the late 1970s, playing what can be described as rock fused with calypso and American jazz. Much of what set the band apart was its charismatic lead ...

Terry Hall, the longtime voice of legendary ska group The Specials has died after what the band termed a brief illness. He was 63. Hall and the Specials reached their widest appeal with the haunting, ...