Jamaica's First Pop Music - DancehallMag. Before reggae conquered the world and before dancehall rewired it, there was ska: ...

“Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac, yeah/The boy’s a time bomb.” Can anyone forget the first time they heard Armstrong’s shopping list of rebel style shouting out of a radio or MTV?

Ska music emerged in Jamaica in the 1950s as a blend of traditional Caribbean music, American R&B, and jazz. Characterized by its upbeat rhythms, syncopated guitar riffs, and brass sections, ska ...

Veteran Bakersfield Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru has released “Skalloween,” a six-song EP of reimagined Halloween music classics originally recorded and released by Bakersfield music icons Buck ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ernest Ranglin performs at the Barbican Centre in London on June 27, 2016. "You have to put in the time," says Ernest Ranglin ...

Jackie Jackson, who has died aged 79, was a bass guitarist whose work was the beating heart of many of the best-loved ska, ...

While contemporary reggae might seem far removed from jazz, it is important to understand how jazz played a major part in its early development. If any country could be identified solely by its music, ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

The evidence that we are in the midst of a ska revival is plentiful. ­Indie-punk phenomenon Jeff Rosenstock managed a critical hit with “Ska Dream,” a reimagining of his 2020 album “No Dream.” The ...

Ska has been making its way back into the public consciousness more and more each year, it continues to attract new generations, and there continue to be so many great ska and ska-punk records coming ...