Jamaican roots and rudeboys in ska,NEW STRAITS TIMES

From: New Straits Times | Date: February 14, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Sarah Sabaratnam
New Straits Times
02-14-1998
ASK someone to explain the term Ska and they'll probably just say, "Oh
you know, its the sort of music No Doubt plays". Umm ... an okay
answer for some, but not for the inquisitive, curious creature with a
healthy apetitite for knowledge. For beneath every sound there is a
story. And where Ska is concerned there is an interesting origin, a
commendable movement and some very rudeboys and girls.

Origin-wise the musical genre Ska has its roots in Jamaica. It was a
form of dance music that swept through the tiny West Indian island in
the early 1960's, ...

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