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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
Aug 9, 2021 · Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come: The Anthology '64-'74 (1964-1974/2005) Because so much early ska was a singles game, compilations are the best introduction to many of the genre ...
Jun 7, 2021 · 4 Characteristics of Ska Music. Throughout the history of ska music, several core elements have helped characterize the genre. 1. Rock instruments plus horns: A typical ska band features guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and lead vocals. Some groups also use keyboards.
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1 day ago · Ska music is perhaps the most misunderstood genre in music history. What is so often viewed as blaring horns and odd-looking dance moves actually has an incredibly important and varied history. From its roots in American R&B, ska has soundtracked Jamaican independence, Thatcherite Britain, and even the skateparks of 1990s America.
Dec 19, 2023 · The history of ska music is best divided into three waves when the genre soared in popularity and the elements of the music were defined or redefined. The first wave of ska music came on around the same time as the Jamaican Independence movement in the early 1960s. The first ska bands started popping up after building sound systems to play the ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Gie Knaeps/Getty Images. The ska style known as 2 tone developed in the late 1970s and early '80s in England. According to SF Gate, while reggae was exploding in Jamaica, the popularity of new wave in the U.K. made nostalgia for '60s ska fashionable, and British bands picked it up (pun intended).
5 days ago · Ska has had several international waves. The first began in the early 1960s and is remembered for “ My Boy Lollipop ” by Millie Small, a Jamaican singer based in London, and for hits by Prince Buster and by Desmond Dekker and the Aces. In the 1970s ska was a significant influence on British pop culture, and so-called groups (whose name ...
