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SKA BOOM! :An American Ska & Reggae Oral History
- Print Reviews
- August 20, 2021
Marc Wasserman gives us an oral history of American Ska.
The Aquabats!
- Music Reviews
- October 29, 2020
Kooky Spooky In Stereo (Gloopy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Restarts
- Music Reviews
- October 25, 2019
Uprising (Pirate’s Press ). Review by Scott Adams.
The Specials
- Music Reviews
- February 12, 2019
Encore (Island Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The English Beat
- Music Reviews
- October 1, 2018
Here We Go Love (Here We Go Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Various Artists
- Music Reviews
- August 19, 2016
Money Maker (Studio One). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Skints
- Music Reviews
- March 23, 2015
FM (Easy Star Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Out of Many
- Music Reviews
- October 8, 2012
50 Years of Reggae Music (VP Records ). Review by Scott Adams.
The English Beat
- Event Reviews
- March 12, 2010
The English Beat, a division of the Two Tone Army, invades Firestone Live in Orlando, but it’s opening band Fishbone that emerges victorious.
The Beat goes on for ska icon Dave Wakeling
- Interviews
- July 2, 2009
The English Beat refuses to die with the ’80s. Ink 19‘s Robert M. Sutton chats with The Beat’s Dave Wakeling about the early days of the 2-Tone ska revival in England and the challenge of taking the past back into the future.
The Guild League
- Music Reviews
- May 20, 2009
Speak Up (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Studio One Reissues Series
- Features
- January 9, 2008
Trying to put the sprawling creative mess that is Jamaican music into order is a daunting task… until you realize that a lot of it sprang from Studio One. Scott Adams recaps several reissues from C.S. “Coxsone” Dodd’s pivotal recording studio.
Buck-O-Nine
- Music Reviews
- December 27, 2007
Sustain (Asian Man Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Dead Pets
- Music Reviews
- April 23, 2007
Too Little Too Late / Revenge of the Village Idiots (Village Idiot Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Give ’em the Boot IV
- Music Reviews
- July 11, 2005
Give ’em the Boot IV (Hellcat Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
- Target Or Flag
- February 14, 2005
It takes Ted Leo and the Pharmacists performance at the Sarasota Film Festival to get Bob Pomeroy thinking about ska again. Trust us, it makes sense. A few days later he finds the rude boys skanking with the Toasters in St. Petersburg.
The Briggs
- Music Reviews
- December 28, 2004
Leaving the Ways (Side One Dummy Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Monty Alexander with Ernest Ranglin
- Music Reviews
- October 28, 2004
Rocksteady (Telark Jazz). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Plastic Constellations
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2004
Mazatlan (2024). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mike Park
- Music Reviews
- August 10, 2004
Mike Park,For the Love of Music,SubCity,Troy Jewell

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