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Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock. It is closely tied to third wave ska which reached its zenith in ...
- Late 1970s, United Kingdom
Mar 27, 2019 · It originated there in the late 1950s, combining elements of music that was already flourishing in the Caribbean- mainly calypso; mento, jazz and R&B. Prince Buster explicitly stated that American R&B was the main source for ska music- music that was played by Jamaicans by using their radios and tuning into American radio stations.
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Ska ( / skɑː /; Jamaican: [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. [1] It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.
- Late 1950s, Jamaica
While most American iterations of ska and the more commonly-heard ska-punk have tended to be dominated by white musicians and bear a permanent association with the '90s, the genre was actually invented in Jamaica by Black artists in the mid-1960s.
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Feb 17, 2016 · From early on, Fishbone experimented mainly in ska-funk fusion which helped flush out the sound of the sub-genre before evolving into a more guitar-centric period. After leaving behind their pop-y, goofy, somewhat commercial sound of their early day, they—in 1988—released their politically-driven album “Truth and Soul” garnered critical ...
Mar 16, 2021 · Instead of being a product of its time, this fusion genre has a habit of reappearing in the public eye in waves. In order to understand Ska as it stands today, one first has to dissect its roots. Ska came from Mento — a style of Jamaican folk music that is a combination of African rhythmic and European elements.
