*Prince Buster, the Jamaican musician widely credited with pioneering ska and rocksteady music, died in Miami on Thursday at the age of 78, his son Kareem Ali confirmed to the Jamaican Observer.
Last spring and summer, Philadelphia-based ska punk band Catbite hit the road for a tour with their Bad Time Records labelmates We Are the Union and Kill Lincoln. Their June stop in New Orleans ...
NME the Illest, vocalist and hype man for the New London-based ska band the Hempsteadys, had a couple instructions for the crowd at the beginning of their set at the Cellar on Treadwell Saturday night ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venezuelan singer Horacio Blanco, leader of ska music group "Desorden Publico", gestures as he speaks during an interview at a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But wait! JER of the Ska Tune Network also has a wonderful ska cover of “Grim Grinning Ghosts” from the iconic Disney Parks ...
Ska may not be the most mainstream type of music now, but for those who remember its heyday in the mid-1990s, the subgenre that mixes horns with up-tempo, pop-punk riffs will always be fun. Mustard ...
Ska had a pretty bright moment in the U.S. in the ’90s, when bands like No Doubt, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake helped push the then-mostly underground genre into the mainstream. But it was ...
Once upon a time, musical traditions mingled freely in the Caribbean. But after the Cuban revolution in 1959, Cuba's music became more isolated. The band Ska Cubano creates one kind of music that ...
Since launching during the pandemic, the Mile High Ska collective has been a source of community and friendship for local fans. Credit: Justine Bean Photography Picture in your mind’s eye the average ...