FW: What is Ska?

araya,juan carlos (jcar@whstar.wh.att.com)
18 Apr 96 01:16:00 -0400

No, reggae is ska-like. Reggae was born from Ska. It is the first national
"sound" from Jamaica. Its origins are from the 50's. Listen to Desmond
Decker, Skatalities so on. A good web site is"It all began with..."
http://www.profane.com/skatalites/index.html and "Ska and Reggae on the Web"
http://www.profane.com/ska/homepages.html.

Juano

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From: Devon Beverley
To: acid-jazz
Subject: What is Ska?
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 1996 12:47PM

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Please pardon my musical genre ignorance, and I only ask this here
because I have seen references to it from fellow listees, but what is
ska? Is it reggae-like (I've also seen ragga)? If I like AJ and
reggae, would I possibly like this? Recommendations? Thanks for any
enlightenment.

Devon