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Jul 27, 2020 · Ska originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to reggae. It combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska developed further in the 1960s when Prince Buster, Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, and Duke Reid formed “sound systems” to play American rhythm and blues and eventually ...
Aug 9, 2021 · The Maytals - Never Grow Old (1964) I have a friend that will pull out Toots and the Maytals for anybody that insists they absolutely hate ska music. You can understand why. Toots Hibbert is an ...
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Jun 7, 2021 · Last updated: Jun 7, 2021 • 3 min read. Ska music serves as a bridge between 1960s Jamaican music, 1970s British dance music, and 1990s American punk music. It does this by fusing many musical influences to create a genre unique unto itself.
Apr 28, 2022 · Ska, Jamaica’s first home-grown contemporary music, was born in the rush of nationalism that went with the coming of independence from British colonial rule at the end of the 1950s. The new nation expected new music that would shift away from the American sounds that dominated the dancehalls and was broadcast from powerful radio stations in ...
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Dec 15, 2020 · The music may sound like a lost album from the mid ’90s, but the perspective is entirely 2020. The Meddlers – Drop Culture EP. self-released. The Meddlers hail from LA’s constantly ...
Jun 24, 2021 · An American Ska & Reggae Oral History” is a great new book from Marc Wasserman, ska enthusiast and bassist/lyricist of the first NJ ska band, Bigger Thomas. His heartfelt introduction and Stephen Shafer’s excellent opening history of ska in the U.S. sucked me right in, even before I got to the band testimonials.
It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods and with many skinheads.
