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 ...

Imagine these deep-fried and you’ll have a pretty good idea why we’re showing you this rather than a picture of the English Beat Last night’s second annual Chef Jam at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everett Morton — drummer of the British 2-tone ska revival group the Beat, known in the US and Canada as the English Beat — has died. “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of ...

The English Beat will rock the Ridgefield Playhouse on Tuesday, Oct. 22, with ska, pop and reggae. It's the kind of music that makes people want to get up and dance. Show time is 8 p.m. Founded by ...

Says the 80s ska band's guitarist and vocalist: "Most everything about Margaret Thatcher was pretend ... a way for the privileged to secure themselves at the expense of everybody else." By As told to ...

Let’s get this straight: Dave Wakeling is not a medical doctor. Nor is he a licensed physical therapist. But the founding singer/guitarist of The English Beat knows what works for the health and ...

Dave Wakeling is set to release the first new English Beat album since 1982. Here We Go Love is out June 15 and finds him revisiting the ska sound of the band’s early days as well as the more ...

Everett Morton, a prominent ska drummer who was best known for his work with the Beat — the English Beat, as known to American fans — has died at age 71. No official cause of death has been reported. ...