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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 ...
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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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
Jun 7, 2021 · A Guide to Ska Music: History and Sounds of Ska Music. 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.
This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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).
Oct 2, 2013 · Hammy October 12, 2017 at 1:52 pm. As a list on ska as a whole this is a terrible list. For one no mention of any 2-tone stuff like The Beat or The Specials or going even further back the original ska music from the Caribbean or artists/bands such as Desmond Dekker or Toots and the Maytals… That being said, this is a decent third wave ska ...
