If this is your first page of entry please head for the start and read the articles in order! A music such as the Ska cannot be omitted from the feature of the history of the vinyl record. The sheer exuberance of the Ska captured the imagination of the music world gaining popularity throughout Europe and the rest of the world including the United States, Japan, China, Africa, India to name a few. Today the Ska is popular as it was when it first came on the musical scene more than 40 years ago. Then there is The Skatalites band. The Skatalites band keeps the Ska genre alive even though some of the original artists is not with the band they still do a lot of gigs. The Ska has experienced numerous waves of revival it has refused to die. The big 24, 000 dollar question is; what is it about the Ska? Why it is that since the early sixties when it was first urbanized in Jamaica it has revived the sands of time over the years. The Ska experienced first wave of revival by the two-tone group recorded at the two-tone recording studio in the United Kingdom? Then again the Ska stabilised itself within Europe. A fourth wave in the United States and now it is here again in the 21st Century. It’s the musical genre that has refused to go away, no other kind of music has created such an impact upon world of music! |
