BBC News - UK — Ska pioneer Prince Buster, who shaped the course of Jamaican music, dies at the age of 78 at his home in Miami. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — One of the greats. There would have been no 2 Tone without him. Continue reading… more info

Core News — “Pauline Black from Ska sensation The Selecter brings you two hours of music on a theme of mavericks. Expect everything from PJ Harvey to Public Service Broadcasting to Prince Buster. Pauline Black is a British singer, broadcaster, actress and auth... more info

Core News — “Cherine is Rodigan’s Scorcher and there’s rare Prince Buster in Deep & Heavy. We also hear from Maxi Priest about his new album Easy To Love. Plus Chronixx, Mad Professor, Oldwan & Talisman and Addis Pablo are in Dub In The Echo Chamber and th... more info

Guardian Music — (Nascente)Compilations of musical golden eras are likely to be defined by the motives of their curators. The four-volume series Bass Culture takes next month's 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence to chart the thrilling new independent sounds t... more info

Guardian Music — When it comes to picking songs about addresses, you know where it's atLocation, location, location … last week we asked for your favourite songs about addresses. Musicians and songwriters have projected drama and mystery on to various buildings, or... more info

Guardian Music — Dr No was set in Jamaica, so why not record a joyful ska version of the the famous Bond theme?For those too young for punk and too bewildered by post-punk, in 1979 2-Tone was just the ticket. It also provided a handy route into ska, a genre of music ... more info

Guardian Music — Thanks to your herculean efforts this week, we can dust off and put on display a rich list of historical recordsIt's been a week of excavation, a playlist painstakingly pieced together with valuable and neglected fragments covered by millennia of dus... more info

Altsounds — With under six weeks to go to this year's *READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL*, two new acts have been added to the bill. *LITTLE ROY* cut his first single at the legendary Studio One in 1965 and grew up in Kingston surrounded by many of Jamaican music's big... more info

Guardian Music — From Pulp's peeping Tom to Gil Scott-Heron's Watergate rap, here are the songs you've been phone-tapping your feet toEavesdropping: the act of secretly listening in to others' conversations, whether accidentally or deliberately.Dr Feelgood, on their ... more info