Aaron Carnes fell in love with ska music in the early ’90s. Skankin’ Pickle was his favorite, but the list of bands he listened to in the genre was extensive: MU330, Blue Meanies, Suicide Machines, ...

*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.

The post Rob Harvilla on ’90s Music, Ska Erasure, and the Defining Songs of the 2000s: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. As the host of 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s, Harvilla has explored quite ...

The post Exploring the World of Christian Ska Music: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. The gang takes a look at the ‘big three’ of Christian ska, examining Five Iron Frenzy, The Supertones, and ...

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 ...

After closing down and cleaning up after their inaugural Ska-Mic Con last year, Orange County couple and diehard ska music fans Whitney Dunkle, 26, and Cameron Hallenbeck, 27, tiredly joked about who ...

When Specials co-founder Jerry Dammers launched his 2 Tone Records ska revival label in England in the late ’70s, it sparked a 2 Tone movement with bands like his own, along with Madness, Bad Manners, ...

VAIL – There was a time in recent musical history when any rock band that incorporated a horn section into its repertoire was considered ska music. The Toasters’ frontman Rob (“Bucket”) Hingley has ...

New York Ska lable Moon Ska Records has closed its doors. Here is a statement from Bucket (Moon Ska/Toasters) Eighteen years ago, in 1983, Moon Records set out (initially as Icebear), to press and ...

New Orleans ska punks Bad Operation are spending a couple of weeks in September out on the road, and to get things warmed up, the band on Friday dropped a new single and music video. In true Bad ...