Model D Radio: Detroit-Coventry Connections Part II
Skank to that 2 Tone beat, people. Ska music was a byproduct and is now a driver of the local economy in former car town Coventry, England. Model D Radio’s Chris McCarus brings us this report in Part II of his series looking at Detroit’s connections to this post-industrial city in the UK.
Ska masters 2 Tone and its innovative mish-mash of cultures created a unique sound in Coventry, England, as the manufacturing town declined. Now musicians and artists are part of the new economy in that town. Sound like anywhere you know?
Model D Radio’s Chris McCarus continues his report from the UK. Listen below to this week’s. And click here for last week’s.
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