Fri Dec 20 - ENJOY YOURSELF is a fun ska dance party playing the original Jamaican First Wave Ska, Rock Steady and the UK Two-Tone scene. We spin great artists such as The Specials, English Beat, ...
Dancehall music or art form has been a part of our culture since the 1950s. The DJ unorthodox vocal style emerged during the Sound System Era in which the rulers like Duke Reid and Clement “Sir ...
The fans who pushed Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites” to the top of the pop charts in 1968 and 1969 had no firsthand experience with the social conditions in Jamaica that gave rise to the lyrics. They did ...
From Jamaica's inner cities to MTV, dance-hall music, once relegated to ethnic and specialized markets, has gained worldwide popularity in the past decade. Thanks to his hit single "Gimme the Light" ...
But led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Dave Wakeling, the English Beat managed to conjure up that perfect, delicate balance of ska and contagious pop. They made only three albums, and by 1983 they ...
Jamaica’s cultural history is a cauldron of winning elements, with food, music, film and dance at the core. Throughout the years, festivals and other events have been orchestrated to celebrate ...
Gabriel Zavala remembers his time in the 1980s ska scene when cliques promoted division and violence was prevalent. He remembers how hard it was to fit in back then as a good Catholic boy who, up ...
Sat Aug 3 - ENJOY YOURSELF is a fun ska dance party playing the original Jamaican First Wave Ska, Rock Steady and the UK Two-Tone scene. The first 'ENJOY YOURSELF' was such an incredible night we are ...