One of the world’s most popular reggae bands, Steel Pulse initially honed their infectious roots sound before wild crowds of punks in their British homeland. Formed in 1975 in the industrial hub of ...

"Drummie has left us to join our ancestors and leaves a huge void both personally and professionally," read a statement from the band on Friday Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, the lead vocalist for the ...

FIRST-GENERATION Britons of West Indian heritage, David Hinds and Angus “Drummie Zeb” Gaye had a lot in common. As young black men during the early 1970s they experienced rampant racism in the United ...

Music For 'Disenfranchised Working-Class Youth': The British reggae band Steel Pulse formed in Birmingham in 1975. Mykaell Riley is third from the left. You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drummie Zeb death: Singer of British reggae band Aswad dies aged 62 Drummie Zeb, the lead singer for British reggae band Aswad, ...

There is one genre of music that fills your heart with sunshine. It can be political yet joyous and there is something about the beat, the lyrics and the message that touches your soul. It might even ...

Amid the racial turmoil in Britain’s West Indian communities during the late 1970s, a mellow sound called lovers’ rock emerged in that country. It exploded through singers like Sugar Minott, Vivian ...

Romantic tunes played a big part in British reggae charts in the late '70s and early '80s as a new generation of aspirational, British-born black kids abandoned roots reggae in favour of our first ...

Acclaimed as the greatest British reggae band when it emerged in 1978, Steel Pulse is perhaps the last great old-school reggae band left. Two of its best recordings have been recently released. The ...

It would be hard for a pop fan of almost any listening preference in this country not to have been touched, in some way, by Jamaica’s irresistible rhythms. Everyone from second-generation West Indian ...

Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, the lead vocalist for the British reggae band Aswad, has died, according to a statement from the band on Friday. Gaye was 62 years old. "It is with deepest regret and ...

You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, courtesy of The Police, and if you're in Britain, you can hear it on the airwaves today, in the music of Birmingham-born MC Lady Leshurr: reggae's ...