Rudie Can't Fail Ska & Reggae

17/02/2025

This Saturday night…

09/02/2025

A Two-Tone Story is the film of Pauline Black’s autobiography. The title’s double meaning refers to both the multicultural music scene she was part of in the late-1970s and early-80...

06/02/2025

Bob would have been 80 today…

Here’s one of our faves.

Classic Jamaican Ska.

18/01/2025

Coming up fast! Our first live shows since 2019!!
Come say hi... we'll be celebrating Trojan Records and premiering tracks from our upcoming album - Reutrn of the Unity Rockers.

Until midnight on Sunday there are some 1/2 price tickets in our New Year ticket sale at www.buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher

Even if I do say so myself, I've put together one hell of a band line up for this run, featuring 2 members that have played in Pama Int'l over the years and 3 new faces that you will know!
Stay tuned!

29/12/2024

Last night at the Earl Haig Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff.

📸 Andie Galleozzie

29/12/2024

Another brilliant Global Promotions night at the Earl Haig Club. Liam had great fun playing records at The Specials Ltd gig. Lovely to see so many familiar faces.

This is what Liam played:

Cynthia Richards - If You’re Ready Come Go With Me
Pat Kelly - I Am Coming Home
Bad Manners - Elizabethan Reggae
Ranking Roger - Beat Man Skanking (Demo)
The Selecter - (Who Likes) Facing Situations
Tommy McCook - Death Trap
Ken Parker - Let The Good Time Roll
Ernest Wilson - Money Worries
Delroy Wilson - Impossible
Ken Boothe - Be Yourself
Prince Buster - Dance, Cleopatra, Dance
The Opening - Tea House
Ranny Bop - Hop Scotch
Dandy - Reggae In Your Jeggae
The Congos - Fisherman
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Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels - Sea Cruise
Rhoda Dakar - As Tears Go By
Bad Manners - Here Comes The Major
Madness - Forever Young
The Untouchables - Free Yourself
The Potato 5 - Western Special
The Bodysnatchers - 007
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Prince Buster - All My Loving
Mr. T-Bone - A Hard Day’s Night
Bad Manners - Skaville UK
Madness - Embarrassment
The Bodysnatchers - Ruder Than You
The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To
The Selecter - Missing Words
Madness - One Step Beyond…
Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
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The Beat - Ranking Full Stop
Madness - The Prince
Bad Manners - Special Brew
The Beat - Mirror in The Bathroom
The Selecter - Too Much Pressure
The Specials - Rude Buoys Outa Jail
Madness - Night Boat To Cairo

Thanks to Suzanne Boylan for playing half a dozen records after Liam’s first set.

11/12/2024

Looking forward to this next year…

13/11/2024

Liam Curtin and Steve Kaged will be playing reggae and ska records from 9pm until 1am at St Fagans in Penarth Town Centre this Saturday, 16th November 2024. We’re looking forward to it. Come join us!

07/11/2024

45 years ago today

The 2 Tone Tour

The Specials + Madness + The Selecter - Cardiff Top Rank - 7th November 1979

28/10/2024

Liam will be playing records at this gig…

Buy tickets for 2 RUDE at The Earl Haig Memorial Club from the official retailer, Ents24.

28/10/2024

If you get the chance to see this film, ‘Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story’, on its Doc'n Roll festival tour, please do make the effort! It is at once interesting, informative and insightful! A wonderful story of self discovery and very much a peak behind the curtain! And yes, I’m in it!

Ticket link here:
https://www.docnrollfestival.com/films/pauline-black-a-2-tone-story/

18/10/2024

RECORD OF THE DAY: The Swinging Cats - Away

Listen here: https://youtu.be/5tkUu57QxXk?si=YbzDoRIkwXwcsLEo