Listen to any ska, skinhead, reggae, rocksteady or 2-Tone compilation worth its salt and there he, or she, is. ‘Rudy got soul’, ‘Rudie Gets Plenty’, ‘Beware of the Rude Boys’, ‘Rude Girl’, ‘Rudie’s all Round’, ‘Rudie Bam Bam, ‘Rudy, a Message to You’ (originally by Dandy Livingstone, later revived by The Specials); the list goes… Read more »
Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Barrington Levy has become a living legend in the reggae and dancehall scene. Having started a band named Mighty Multitude with his cousin in mid-70s, Levy has become an avid performer of Jamaican dancehalls at an early age. The then 14-year-old eventually kicked off his solo career in the late 70s…. Read more »
PREVIEW: NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2017 This coming August bank holiday is when Notting Hill attracts two million people to the second largest carnival in the World. Born out of the African-Caribbean community in the 1950s, Notting Hill Carnival is a significant event in British culture filled with colourful parades, music and Caribbean food staples. Claudia… Read more »
DESMOND DEKKER – THE KING OF SKA Best known for his international hit- 1968’s ‘Israelites’, Desmond Dekker is fondly famed across the world for being one of the first to bring reggae into mainstream culture. And today- July 15th- would be his 76th birthday. The story of how this young man from Kingston, Jamaica- then… Read more »
Literally the offspring of Reggae Grandee, Denroy Morgan, Morgan Heritage have consistently delivered one of the best sounds over 23 years and 17 albums (including 10 Studio Albums). The Grammy Award for Strictly Roots in 2016 reaffirmed what we already knew but also helped to project the band to an even wider audience. We wanted… Read more »
Always looking forward, Underground sit down with The Commonjets, a four-piece rock band from Coventry who have been together since 2011, talking about their thoughts on the Coventry music scene, the city they have grown up in. The Commonjets: Harry Holles – Vocals, Guitar Jamie Keegan – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals Reuben O’Connell – Bass… Read more »
During our recent Underground music awaydays to Coventry we had the pleasure of sitting down with 3 of the 6 members of Barbdwire to talk music, subculture and Coventry city. Trevor Elroy Evans aka ET Rockers, Drummer, vocalist and founder. Cherelle Harding, Lead singer John Pudge, trumpet/flugel horn player Thanks to the entire Barbdwire team… Read more »
The Reggae scene in the UK really took shape in the late 1960’s with the second generation London born Caribbean youth mixing it up with the mainly Jamaican Reggae artists who had made London their home or second home. Reggae laid down a strong UK connection that was not only preserved in its original form… Read more »
Photo by Ken McKay/TalkbackThames / Rex Features (1498624ar) Guest Stars : Rihanna The X Factor’ TV Programme, Results Show Live, Fountain Studios, London, Britain. – 20 Nov 2011 Dancehall is a genre based on the sound that emerged from the streets of Jamaica, Reggae, the mutation of the genre came out of Jamaica in the… Read more »
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