UB40

UB40 The multiracial, English band, UB40—the first important exponent of reggae to hail from outside Jamaica—rose to popularity in the midst of the ska/bluebeat revival in the U.K. Although they did not address the topical concerns of West Indies reggae artists (e.g., Rastafarianism, ganja rituals, European colonialism), their songs exhibited a strongsociopolitical bent, addressing, among other issues, the U.K.’s unemployment problems (the band’s name itself was inspired by an English…