Among the bands featured at the outdoor and indoor event will be Natural Rhythm, a ska and
bluebeat outfit from Bradford who will take the floor between 5pm and 6pm.
While Springfield was playing the Odeon, Jamaican singer Millie Small was in Manchester rehearsing her
bluebeat hit My Boy Lollipop for Top of the Pops.
His current dynamic group, the In Crowd, mix rhythm and blues, ska,
bluebeat and soul.
And there are modern flecks too, nods to Kila and Flook who in turn took their musical guidance from further afield with reggae,
bluebeat or even mento rhythms underpinning their own brand of trad.
attacks, kissing grandmother Beatles devotees, dancers on Ready, Steady, Go!, mods, lovers of ska,
bluebeat and Millie Small and fans of The Rolling Stones.
e Caribbean island, with a population shy of three million, punches way above its weight on the international music scene and the genre has risen in popularity as it has mutated from the early days of mento through ska and
bluebeat to the multiple strands of modern reggae.
FREESTYLE CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH THE
BLUEBEAT ARKESTRA, CHRIS TYE, SAM REDMORE, FREE SCHOOL, RICK SHAW: Hare & Hounds, High St, Kings Heath.
Since then we've had reggae, dancehall, bhangra,
bluebeat and more.
They are both 50, they both spent part of their younger lives living in Haverfordwest (the Madness man spent three years of his childhood living with relatives in West Wales) and obviously they share a love of soul, ska and
bluebeat.
BlueBeat had denied any wrongdoing, claiming owner Hank Risan had pioneering technology called "psychoacoustic simulation" which created unique versions of the copyrighted music.
BlueBeat.com, based in the US, streamed and sold music by The Beatles, Coldplay and others until it was sued in 2009, reports the BBC.
With four new songs and eight from the group's back catalog, the CD covers ska in all forms: traditional (or
bluebeat), two-tone, third-wave and some ska hybrids, the release says.