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 ...

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 ...

Think we've got it bad now? Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced by a certified snatcher of children's milk. And while leftwing politicians licked their wounds, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Noisey has posted the second part of their three part documentary series called Under the Influence. Narrated by Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Operation Ivy, The Transplants), the series traces the roots 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 ...

As Steven Knight’s drama tells the story of 2 Tone in all its guts and glory, our critic picks the era’s best songs Neil McCormick has been chief music critic for the Telegraph since 1995. His ...