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 ...

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 ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Dave Wakeling lives at the intersection of music and politics. Few songwriters blend relentlessly joyful sounds with poignant commentary as well as the longtime leader of the English Beat. The band ...

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 ...

Damn, I love live music. Especially a near-legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist backed by a great ska band (sax, drums, bass, keyboard) – that can gets every single person in the crowd pogo-ing by ...

The English Beat’s first gig, in March 1979, occurred at the same time as the Three Mile Island nuclear incident in Harrisburg, Penn. Introduced as “the hottest thing since the Pennsylvania Meltdown,” ...

The English Beat at Belly Up. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Special for Times of San Diego) On the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling invited the crowd to forget the ...

The quintessential ska band English Beat, known for its message of peace and racial unity, was born in the United Kingdom, but has been based in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. After a long break, ...

Marc Wasserman is following his 2021 book Ska Boom! An American Ska & Reggae Oral History with a new book about/inspired by 2 Tone legends The English Beat, Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter To The ...

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 27: Dave Wakeling of The English Beat performs at “Dare to be Different” Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Robin ...