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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
Sep 21, 2020 · The new Ska Against Racism compilation is home to music by some ever-popular ... a 13-track comp that documents today’s ska-punk ... “So many newer ska bands have made the mistake of trying to ...
Sep 18, 2018 · Ska music, a genre commonly known as “the music of the people,” was formally birthed in 1959, and is a hybrid sound that owes much of its success to the popularity of its influences.
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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 ...
Dec 17, 2021 · 2021 has arguably been ska's biggest year since the third wave died down, and the genre produced tons of great albums this year. Here are 20, from We Are The Union, Catbite, Flying Raccoon Suit...
Jun 17, 2021 · The ska revival is here, but ska never really went away. By Zachary Lipez. June 18, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. We Are the Union is, clockwise from top, Ricky Weber, Reade Wolcott, Brandon Benson, Jer ...
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2-tone. ska, Jamaica’s first indigenous urban pop style. Pioneered by the operators of powerful mobile discos called sound systems, ska evolved in the late 1950s from an early Jamaican form of rhythm and blues that emulated American rhythm and blues, especially that produced in New Orleans, Louisiana.
