August 2009

Ska, in Chinatown?

by Buster the Ska Doggie on August 25, 2009

in Ska Bloggies for Ska Doggies

The Uptones bring SKA to Oakland’s Chinatown.

Check out:

the slide show by Alycia Ramirez-Leatherman  before they go onstage.

LOOKING GOOD!

Ska-T is inspired, he just watched ‘Goodfellas’ in a video kiosk down the street.

Jeanne could care less.

Before Sublime (and all the bands after that seem to squeeze juicy ska reggae dub vibes from the California surf and sun!) The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies were cookin’ up some sunshine of their own in the rainy northwest town of Eugene, Oregon. Their name was a sort of deliberate confrontation with the hyper-PC reality of their surroundings, and it worked, garnering them plenty of controversy, critique, and, well, packed houses full of sweaty happy dancers! Here’s a taste of their musically sophisticated work – a charming song with epic reggae horns and panoramic vocal harmonies. [click to continue…]

Love and respect to Sister Davies

August 20, 2009

Here’s a nice article about Sister Mary Ignatius Davies, the nun who fostered ska, rocksteady and reggae. One of the unsung heroes of Jamaican music, she ran the music program at the Alpha School for wayward boys in Kingston, famous for the seemingly endless list of brilliant musical stars it produced. Found this on the [...]

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