Interview – Ranking Roger of The Beat July 2013 To mark Demon Record’s heavyweight re-issue of seminal 2 Tone album, “Wha’ppen?” we take the opportunity to talk to The Beat’s Ranking Roger about his memories of the album and the 2 tone period, his new project with his son Ranking Junior (pictured above with Ranking…
Billy Bragg joins us at Glastonbury
Billy Bragg joins us at Glastonbury to sing ‘stand down Margaret’ which he later posts online that it was a highlight of his Glastonbury weekend…
Interview: Ranking Roger of The Beat | United Reggae
Arguably the festival’s highlight was the appearance of the legendary ‘The Beat’ from Birmingham in the U.K. ‘The Beat’ enjoy a unique and proud position in reggae’s rollercoaster ride. They played a crucial role during the 1980s in adapting the genre to a British audience, successfully merging it with the emotions of disaffected punk rockers…
Ranking Roger Interviewed…
Ahead of The Beat kicking off Grassington Festival, Matty Hebditch interviewed Ranking Roger … Matty Hebditch: How’s your summer going so far? Ranking Roger: It’s not really much of a summer anymore is it? We’ll find out whether there really is a summer in the next couple of weeks but so far it’s been good.…
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Retrospective – Looking Back 2010-1988
Preorder Ranking Roger’s new ‘Retrospective’ plus loads of great signed items and experiences. Get bonus content too!
Roger Attends Templeton Prize Ceremony
On 21st May 2013 Roger was invited to attend the Templeton Prize Ceremony Honouring ‘Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’…
Ranking Roger Radio Interview…
If you missed Ranking Roger’s interview on MeridianFM the other night, here it is again…
Mirror in the Bathroom…
Today (26th April) in 1980 ‘Mirror In The Bathroom’ was the 1st digitally recorded release in the UK