Almost 27 years ago, the English Beat took to the stage for the first time at a little club in Birmingham, England. Since then, lead singer and guitarist Dave Wakeling has been playing with various ...

Dave Wakeling says ska music is more than just a genre. Wakeling, front man for The Beat (known in the U.S. as The English Beat), says it is a way to address pertinent social issues while still having ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ranking Roger with the English Beat in 1980. (Photo: Gie Knaeps/Getty Images) Ranking Roger, the British new wave/ska/reggae ...

Ska and two-tone music is known for its bounce. And that’s exactly what the floor was doing less than one song into the English Beat show at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City Tuesday. Those songs, all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roger Charlery, the English singer-songwriter behind the seminal two-tone band The Beat (known in the U.S. as the English Beat) ...

When original frontman Dave Wakeling brought the group that’s called The English Beat these days to Summerfest, it was a walk down memory lane for the large crowd at the Generac stage. However, it was ...

When the English Beat emerged in the late ’70s, the UK group fused punk rock brashness with old-school Jamaican ska beats. The results were striking and the band delivered hits “Mirror in the Bathroom ...

When the British ska movement launched in the late ‘70s, great ska/rocksteady acts such as the Skatalites, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker were founding influences. Inspired by the rebellious nature ...

Sometime around 1978, revelation struck in Birmingham. During that period, Dave Wakeling, Andy Cox and David Steele had a nascent, nameless band in their U.K. hometown. As active participants in their ...

NEW HAVEN -- The English Beat, leaders along with The Specials of the 2-Tone ska revival movement of the late 1970s and 1980s -- and an inspiration to all the ska revival waves that have followed that ...

If you haven’t worn a skinny tie in a while, Friday might just be the time to take it out of your closet. Especially that one with the piano keys on it. Although separated by an ocean, the English ...