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The 9-hour, 181-song playlist includes songs from all across ska's long, rich history -- from its origins in Jamaica to some of today's best DIY ska bands -- and it also includes ska-adjacent ...
Of course, you're free to have as much ska as you want while playing, thanks to the integration of streaming services on console and PC. Pull up a playlist of Fishbone and Madness on Spotify, and ...
The guitarist guided the music of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots, Prince Buster among others – but thinks the magic might ...
The Playlist Gwen Stefani’s Ska-Pop Flashback, and 10 More New Songs Hear tracks by Sturgill Simpson, John Carpenter, Elle King and others. Share full article 0 ...
Ernest Ranglin’s innovative guitar style help shape the evolution of ska, reggae and Jamaican jazz. His seven-decade career includes playing on Bob Marley’s earliest songs, arranging the first ...
As ska’s conquering ruler, Derrick Morgan delivers freedom sounds to a new generation Derrick Morgan will perform at the El Rey on Saturday alongside the Steady 45s, Ocean 11 and the Capsouls.
It’s no secret that ska music is alive and well, and not just in the United States. On this episode of in defense of ska, English ska-punks Call Me Malcolm join to chat about the current scene ...
Read an excerpt from ska drummer turned journalist Aaron Carnes' new book detailing the making of Operation Ivy's classic 'Energy' album.
A flurry of new books and podcasts cast at eye and ear back to Southern California's 1980s ska boom and its locus, the O.N. Klub in Silver Lake.