“I’ve been told most of my life that the music you love is not popular, and then it’s dead. And I respond, no it’s very much alive and it’s always going to be there.” Saxophonist David Hillyard always ...

The beloved craft beer bar is set to close Saturday night -- well, early Sunday morning, technically -- and patrons are enjoying their final visits. The bar has built up a loyal following since it ...

Saxophonist Dave Hillyard followed a girl to New York City back in 1992 and ended up joining an up and coming ska band called The Slackers. Some two decades later, Hillyard remains in the band as it ...

So I got to see the Specials in Leeds this may 24th. It was definitely a trip. I was sitting on a corner of the stage watching the band (minus Jerry Dammers). They came on the stage suddenly. John ...

One of New York's most notable ska bands, the Slackers formed in Brooklyn in 1991 and have played the world over many times since. Their first release was an eponymous self-released album, distributed ...

The Slackers’ annual December show is something of a company holiday party for New York ska fans, drawing folks from throughout the tri-state area to dance to many of the same tunes they’ve loved for ...

The Slackers formed in the early ’90s in New York City just prior to a ska-revival that briefly swept through the mainstream with bands like Rancid, No Doubt, Less Than Jake, and Goldfinger. But ...

If not for the band’s name, you’d stop short of calling these guys slackers. For an underground band to maintain a backbreaking work ethic for so long defies the norm in a business that often values ...