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ska Jamaican 2 tone and a few steps beyond
Ska is great party music - nothing like bouncing around to it - with or without the help of a few beers
Here we look at its origins and how it has developed over the years
from its source in Jamaica through its 2 tone years (I am a Coventry boy)
and on into its current 3rd wave phase
I will try to be as inclusive as possible
and if you want a Ska DJ contact me
please bear with this lens - I will add to it as I go - do check out my delicious links for ska on the Silverbackdj lens there are all sorts of resources there, history, radio and more
if you want to hear a full range of ska monthly @ the Redhouse Solly Street Sheffield - with silverback and rvarious bands - next gig July 25th;
as you will notice - there have been a few changes
The beginnings - Jamaica
on from R&B - to something new
Back in the 60s Jamaica had a deep an abiding love of what was then American R&B. American tastes moved on to other things. So Jamaica made its own ... but then it added a little twist.With a hint of Mento - Jamaican style calypso - giving the accent to the off-beat and a rhythm guitar which clipped out the sound ska-ska-ska
Ska was born with its great stars Don Drummond, the Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, Coxsone Dodd, this list will go on ...
eventually this mutated into Rocksteady in and around 1968 - a slower more even sound to go with the blistering heat of that summer,
it lasted roughly a year until things moved on again into what became reggae
and from these years we remember Slim Smith, the Uniques, the Ethiopians, Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and the Aces and many more
if you want a good short history see the wikipedia entry for ska
the original ska the one and only Jamaican ska
from lawn party to skankin' at the blues
some of the basics of Jamaica's very own
- Scratch : dub, reggae, rocksteady & ska (home)
- streaming site
- Dance Crasher
- A site dedicated to Jamaican music of the 60's, 70's and 80's: Ska,
Rocksteady, Reggae and old School Dancehall. Includes pages of rare record label illustrations. Some records for sale and more. - Skatalites Official Web Site: Home
- Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady: It All Began With The Skatalites. This site is dedicated to informing fans and would-be fans about the Skatalites and their important role in the development of Jamaican music.
- laurel aitken
- the godfather of ska
- History of Jamaican Music 1953-1973
ska for the skeptical
a few places to get you started on the general basics
- Ska for the Skeptical
- here you will find all sorts of free stuff to download
as well as some history and some pics
this is where your journey could begin - Ska Index for ska2soul.net
- another site with plenty to find
a site dedicated to the origins of ska - wikid ska
- wikipedia's intro
- another ska lens
- a ska lens from the US
- History of SKA
- The History of Ska Music by Ian Vanhoof
-----Clement Dodd
Circa
late 1950s Crowd from Dance Craze-----
&nb - live ska net radio
2 tone hits from the Ghost Town
Coventry brings it all back
Being generally fed up with the long haired and bearded rock scene and the slick sounds and lifestyle of the disco scene working class kids in the Midlands started to combine pop and punk styled sounds with the Jamaican Ska that used to blare out of the radios, jukeboxes and dances of their parents times.2 tone was born!
Jerry Dammers, the Specials, Madness and Selecter led the way.
Later to come were The Beat, Bad Manners and more ...
2 tone in all its UK glory
the Midlands and London revival from the 70s and 80s
- The Official Bad Manners Web Site
- the one and only porker of a site
- 2 Tone Records - 2006
- the original label
- 2 Tone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 2 Tone (or Two Tone) is a style of music created by fusing elements of punk rock and ska.
The 2 Tone sound was pioneer - The Specials.com - Hompepage of British ska legends The Specials. History, lyrics, MP3, 2 Tone, two tone, ska, Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter, John Brad Bradbury
- The Specials.com - Official Hompepage of British ska legends The Specials. History, lyrics, MP3, merchandise
3rd wave
ska moves on from 2 tone to accept new influences
2 tone eventually petered out in the UK but was soon back in the public eye
it gained new ground by being combined with new wave punk and Oi, as well as latin flavours
in fact if there was nothing you could not find it mashed up with - I have an album of ska-house somewhere
you could also find almost everywhere in the world, throughout Europe, west, east, central, southern, northern, the Americas, Asia ...
it gained new ground by being combined with new wave punk and Oi, as well as latin flavours
in fact if there was nothing you could not find it mashed up with - I have an album of ska-house somewhere
you could also find almost everywhere in the world, throughout Europe, west, east, central, southern, northern, the Americas, Asia ...
3rd wave and more
what is happening now
- Ska Is Dead - Index
- or is it?
- Kingsize Ska - Jamaican Ska - Ska Band - Leicester, Midlands & UK
- from the Midlands again
- Bamboozled Online!
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Punk and Ska legends straight from Boston, Massachusetts.
- PiETASTERS.net
- The Toasters :: Longest Running U.S. Ska Band!
- Let's Go Bowling
- Welcome to the official Let's Go Bowling web site.
- The Allstonians - Ska Welcome!
- The Slackers | Rude. Reckless.
more of skankin info
- The Attempted Ska Page!
- Your source for Ska on the web! Tons of
links to Ska band, general Ska, Ska stuff, regional Ska, Ska zine, and Texas
Ska pages. Skankin' on the net since the summer of '94, the Attempted Ska
Page is your one stop Ska shop. - Ska Artists in the Yahoo! Directory
- Yahoo! reviewed these sites and found them related to Ska Artists
- The Allstonians - Music Page
- american 3rd wavers
- Bamboozled Online!
- american 3rd wavers
- World of Ska: latest news
- news
- Mark Foggo Skasters
- Ska Summit
- Ska Summit, where the Ska world meets. View and post show dates from any where in the world.
- Trojan Records
- Since its creation in 1968, Trojan Records has led the way in presenting the very best in classic Jamaican sounds, from the Rocksteady and early Reggae sounds that dominated in the years of its launch, up to the modern styles of Dancehall and Jungle. The company has always taken pride in the quality
- Maroon Town, ska, reggae, world music, music workshops, workshop national curriculum band schools festivals rastafian rastafarianism
- do the dog
- There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of cool ska related websites floating around in cyber space. Listed below are just a few of our favourites from the global ska
- Ska Revival - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
- Download free MP3s by Ska Revival artists at Download.com Music.
- Ska - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
- Download free MP3s by Ska artists at Download.com Music.
Amazon Ska Rocksteady 2 tone 3rd wave
classics and tasters to try
if you know nothing about the music try some of these, then have a trawl around Amazon's pages for more
Specials
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/30/2009) 
Rock Steady
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 12/30/2009)
One Step Beyond...
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
Trojan Ska Box Set
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
Aquabats Vs. the Floating Eye of Death!
Amazon Price: $13.98 (as of 12/30/2009)
No Doubt
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/30/2009)
Ska on eBay
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
Great Stuff on CafePress
stepping beyond the Uk
the world of ska
ska soon acquired a tangle of roots outside of its original home Jamaica and its 2 tone home the UK, particularly the Midlands
- Ska Punk THE SKATOONS: ska-punk news aus Hamburg der Band the Skatoons
- THE SKATOONS - Bester deutschsprachiger Ska-Punk aus Hamburg Gegen Rechts. Downloads von Ska Punk MP3, Video und Wallpaper, aktuelle Konzerttermine und viele News!
- SKAPEOPLE the dutch ska network
- Hello Skapeople,
Na een zeer drukke periode van bier drinken, feesten en vakantie hebben wij eindelijk tijd gevonden om skapeople.nl weer eens grondig aan te pakken.
Dit is zeer hard nodig aangezien de site is bedorven door de vele spam berichten, nieuws van het jaar kruik, foto' - Jewish Reggae and Ska Worldwide
- The Israeli Reggae website - Jewish Reggae and Ska Worldwide
- Unknown
- SKA, SKA-Bands, Musik, Geschichte, Links, Ska-Links, SKA-Geschichte, SKA-Zines, SKA-Labes, Bandpagekritiken, Konzertkritiken, Ska-lender, CD-Kritiken, MP3, CD, Bands, Konzerte, Konzerttermine, Termine, Skanking, Rude Boys
- The Japanese Ska Page
- Welcome to the Japanese Ska page!!!
- SKA-P - PORTADA
- www.ska-p.com, la Web oficial de SKA-P, the official website of SKA-P
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