There's a very good chance that you've never heard of the Venezuelan band Desorden Público unless you: live neck-deep in the world of ska music, the infectious, uptempo predecessor to Jamaican reggae ...

The post In Defense of Ska’s Aaron Carnes on New Second Edition of His Book and His Ska Band Past: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Carnes is more than just a ska fan, as he discusses his ...

Ska, an energetic, high-tempo blend of Caribbean and calypso, with notes of American R&B and jazz, is a music genre that is best experienced live, according to Rosanna Taylor. “You can enjoy the music ...

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One of the most underrated bands in US ska history have just unearthed the final recordings of their original '80s run.

Pauline Black of ska royalty The Selecter performing at the 10th Supernova International Ska Festival in Virginia. (Credit: Heather Augustyn) It might sound like the plot of a movie. You know the one: ...

After ska became cool again, Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump decided to shed more of a public light on his ska roots by going on Aaron Carnes & Adam Davis’ In Defense of Ska podcast in 2021, and ...

Wednesday night, it turned out, was Ska Night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s how Ezra Koenig described Vampire Weekend’s latest visit to the iconic venue in the Cahuenga Pass, where he and his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Latin ska bands suck. Actually, all modern ska bands suck, period, and they suck in Spanish, English, and Croatian. Early Fabulosos Cadillacs and a few other post-Specials byproducts notwithstanding, ...

It may come as a shock, but Arizona has something of a vibrant ska scene. Granted, it’s not as expansive or off-the-chain as our state’s hip-hop or rock communities, but we can think of almost a dozen ...