How can a band without most of its original lineup continue to go on? The Skatalites’ beautiful instrumental music preceded and influenced reggae when the band formed in 1964, but that was nearly 60 ...

It’s not a terrible stretch to call tonight’s Skatalites show in Shirley a “homecoming.” While Jamaica is truly the birthplace of the Skatalites, these progenitors of ska and catalysts for rock steady ...

LEGENDARY ska band The Skatalites scores its second entry on the Billboard Reggae Album chart this week. Their Foundation Ska debuts at number eight. The double compact disc is a reissue marking the ...

The Skatalites’ sound was born in Kingston, Jamaica, where several of the original members graduated from the Alpha Boys School, a prestigious arts and trade academy, in the 1940s. At the time, ...

2021 marks the 57th anniversary of The Skatalites. Formed in 1964, the original members helped create the entire genre of ska, which evolved into rocksteady and reggae, and all of it' s derivatives.

You might love the Skatalites without knowing who they are—the founders of ska, a kind of Jamaican jazz. They backed Bob Marley and Desmond Decker before they became the Skatalites. Born from mainly ...

Lloyd Brevett, who has died aged 80 following a long illness, was bassist with the Skatalites, the originators of the ska form. As an architect of ska in the early 1960s Brevett helped create a genre ...