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Two-Tone Legend Dave Wakeling Talks To Essentially Pop

March 23, 2020

Dave Wakeling is probably best known as lead singer of The Beat. After a debut hit on 2 Tone Records with a cover of Smokey Robinson’s ‘Tears of a Clown’, he and his band went on to gain almost legendary status within the two tone and ska music genre and continued to have hits until they split in 1983.

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For One Night Only – ‘Hitsville: The Making Of Motown’ Tells Story Of Motown Like You’ve Never Heard

September 24, 2019

‘Hitsville: The Making Of Motown’, will be screened internationally for one night only, 30 September 2019.

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The Essential Weekly Playlist of: Sean Hocking

January 8, 2016

Based in Hong Kong, Sean Hocking is the founder and owner of Metal Postcard Records. An avid listener of John Peel from the late 1970s onwards, Sean discovered, between the hours of 10pm and midnight, when Peel’s show was aired, the true breadth of music available. We asked Sean to narrow down his top 10 “can’t live without” tracks.