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2 Tone Records. reggae rock. Two-tone or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock[citation needed] and ska revival, [1] is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. [1] Its name derives from 2 Tone Records, a record ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Two Tone (w/t) tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two tone music, which grew from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the ...
Sep 16, 2021 · The documentary tells the story of 2 Tone, the musical phenomenon that exploded out of Coventry onto the music charts around the world in 1979. Fans of 2 Tone will have a chance to apply for an ...
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May 13, 2022 · Colette Foster, CEO of Full Fat Television comments: “With a rare and exclusive interview with 2 Tone’s founder Jerry Dammers and a soundtrack featuring The Specials, The Selecter, Madness and ...
May 25, 2016 · Jerry Dammers: the father of Two Tone records Two Tone was a specifically British, or more accurately English, musical genre that came out of punk and ska in the late 1970s. The roots of Two Tone can be traced back to the arrival of West Indians to England—the so-called “Windrush Generation”—under the British Nationality Act of 1948. This act gave British citizenship to all people ...
Apr 30, 2021 · 2 Tone Records began in a Coventry flat in 1979 and peaked two years later, when the Specials’ era-defining Ghost Town went to No 1 as riots blazed around a UK in recession. The label launched ...
England. Location. 51, Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6JU, England. Official website. 2-tone .info. 2 Tone Records was an English independent record label that mostly released ska and reggae -influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone. It was founded by Jerry Dammers of the Specials and backed by Chrysalis Records .
