Discover which songs made up the top ten 2-Tone tracks as voted for by you. After weeks of nominations and votes, we have finally come up with a definitive top 10 of 2-Tone tracks as voted for by you.
2 Tone music started in Coventry in the 1970s. Here’s a quick guide introducing the style if you haven’t heard of it before. 2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk music.
The documentary tells the story of 2 Tone, the musical phenomenon that exploded out of Coventry in 1979 and went on to storm the charts around the world. I am a huge fan of 2 Tone and I grew up ...
Do you remember the 2-Tone era like it was yesterday? Listen to some memories from the era and then share yours with us here. If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you ...
A 'definitive' guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records, the label behind releases by Coventry's own The Specials, is being published next month. Written by Daniel Rachel, Too Much Too Young The 2 Tone ...
Think we've got it bad now? Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced by a certified snatcher of children's milk. And while leftwing politicians licked their wounds, ...
Within a year of the Conservatives’ election victory in May 1979, unemployment had doubled, reaching two million for the first time in 40 years. As Britain braced itself against the first effects of ...
The end of the summer of 1995 marked a new beginning for dad’s old formalwear. "Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac—yeah!" sing the boys from Rancid on "Time Bomb", a standout track from ...
As Steven Knight’s drama tells the story of 2 Tone in all its guts and glory, our critic picks the era’s best songs Neil McCormick has been chief music critic for the Telegraph since 1995. His ...
As it starts its reign as UK City of Culture, two new exhibitions celebrate the groundbreaking multicultural music born in the Midlands that became the soundtrack for a generation One of the showcase ...
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