Ska

Subject: 2.1: Introduction In response to all of those ` ` Isn't ska some dance form of reggae? '' questions, I present the following historical background to the music we call ska, gleaned from liner notes I have lying about the place, various postings to (news: alt. music.ska), and sundry emailings with helpful ska fans. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Central Park SummerStage -- Hear some Latin American ska and funk on Friday, see a new play commissioned by the NYC Parks Department on Saturday, and get down with Jimmy Cliff and up-and-coming reggae stars on Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The English Beat was one of the first and best bands to play around with the proto-reggae style known as ska, with a mind toward bending it into a form of pop fit for England in the 1970s. ❋ Andy Battaglia (2011)

Add a dash of spouge from Barbados, tumba from Curacao, scratch from St. Thomas and earlier forms of reggae called ska and rocksteady. ❋ Bob Schulman (2010)

Dagens Media skriver i en rewrite av ett inlägg på Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab om att Google utvecklar ett system för mikrobetalningar som medieföretag ska kunna använda för ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

David King (dave's blog) and Marianne Kruppa (aka ska girlie) ❋ Unknown (2005)

Do you know, for example, why ska, reggae's musical precursor, is called ska? ❋ Unknown (2011)

This mixture, termed ska-core or ska punk, combines the accented upbeats and horns of ska with the quick tempo, distorted guitars and rough or yelled vocals of hardcore punk rock. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To be fair, the Bosstones never self-identified as ska, and quickly but politely corrected any interviewer that called them ska. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you listen to this album as I did, unaware of their 'ska' whatever roots and their past records I was just blown away with a genre defying, indescribable collection of songs that are played by what I now consider to be some of the best musicians I have currently heard or seen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When you mention the word "ska", most people automatically associate it with bands like Reel Big Fish, Sublime, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and yes, even No Doubt in their ❋ Unknown (2009)

There has to be some kind of label, and yeah, I guess we are a ska-punk band and I think we're alright with that tag. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2010)

MR: From a musical perspective, you guys are credited with being a ska-punk band, but I think you're much more. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2010)

I love everything from ska to alt punk rock to melodic hardcore to pop punk, and it's just one of those things where you have, let's say, The Dopamines record that I released. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2010)

I was actually meaning the second ska revival of the late 90s - Reel Big Fish et al were primarily to blame. ❋ Unknown (2010)