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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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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.
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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 ...
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.
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Jul 27, 2020 · By goodblacknews on July 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 ...
Jun 24, 2021 · The Shakers’ story alone would make a good film, but there are many interesting stories here: The Blue Riddim Band from Kansas City making it all the way to Reggae Sunsplash and then being a hit there with Jamaican listeners; The Boxboys – “the first American ska band” – who in the late ’70s/early ’80s packed Silverlake’s O.N ...
Feb 17, 2024 · The Specials formed in 1977 and two years later released their first single, “ Gangsters ,” a reworking of legendary ska singer Prince Buster’s 1964 Jamaican hit “Al Capone.”. The band ...
