Back in the late 1980s, just about the only thing that outnumbered surfers and yoga instructors in Santa Cruz was ska bands. Yes, “two-tone” ska was cresting nationwide back in the ”80s and ”90s with ...

Exploring the unlikely yet undeniable influence of Jamaican ska and rocksteady music on Spanish football fan culture, chants, and unofficial club anthems.

Remember when ska reigned over rock stations in the ‘90s? It was an era when it was the norm for 12-person bands to be packed on stage like sardines and when the BASEketball movie was a thing. If you ...

Founded in 1978, the English Beat were one of the pioneering bands of the 2 Tone ska movement, blending pop, reggae, punk, R&B and ska influences on infectious songs such as “Mirror in the Bathroom,” ...

The singer known as Lord Tanamo shared with audiences around the world the buoyant sounds of ska music born in the shantytowns of his native Jamaica. As a vocalist with the Skatalites, Lord Tanamo ...

When we did our 2020 ska recap, I said that 2021 seemed poised to be an even bigger year for ska than 2020 was, and wow did that turn out to be an understatement. This year gave us three great new ...

The first Jamaican to have a top 20 hit in the UK, he defined the sound of ska in the 60s before going on to inspire the Two Tone movement of the late 70s Ska legend Prince Buster, who created records ...

What started out as a group of college students playing music at packed basement parties blossomed into the six-record, internationally touring band known as the Pietasters. The ska outfit is made up ...

In Jamaica, before reggae and rocksteady, there was ska. Emerging in the late 1950s, ska was a combination of calypso, American jazz and R&B. Ska evolved as Jamaican singers and musicians put their ...

Some musical styles never die, they only recede to regroup and return again in a different guise. Ska is a great example of that. It developed as a uniquely Jamaican sort of folk music which drew on ...