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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a scene in Alex Cox’s 1986 film Sid & Nancy that foreshadows the end for the star-crossed punk lovers: One of their cohorts shows up in a trilby hat, shiny tonic suit, and skinny tie, having ...

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 ...

The remarkable story of the rise and rise of 2-Tone music right here in Coventry is being told in a new BBC documentary. 2-Tone: The Sound of Coventry tells how the genre and movement exploded out of ...

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 ...

A major new exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry looks at the history of 2 Tone, the record label behind seminal bands including The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat and ...

Ska has been in the air lately. The great documentary Pick It Up! – Ska in the ’90s came out in 2019, Aaron Carnes’ great new book In Defense of Ska just came out earlier this month, and there’s been ...