Reggae's roots, springing from the social ... Ellis and The Techniques thrived in this era. Some artists such as Hopeton Lewis found Ska too fast to follow and so adapted to a gentler pace.

Carlos Malcolm may not be a household name, but it should be. Without this now 90-year-old innovator of Jamaican music—this ...

The concept of Ska Cubano’s blend of Jamaica, Cuban and Colombian rhythms is a vision shared with producer Peter Scott, who financed the recording sessions in Havana, where they put local ...

Screaming Target are a Ska band from Livingston, Scotland. As a group we are inspired by the harmonies, American Jazz/rhythm and blues influences of early Jamaican Ska, rocksteady and reggae as ...

Highlights include the ska stomper Glory To Sound by saxophonist ... lovers rock, rocksteady, reggae classics and featured artists like Jackie Mitoo. Well worth checking out.

“They call me ‘the queen’ of reggae, ska and rocksteady, but I’m none of those things,” chuckles the artist who is celebrating 50 years in the music industry. “ I am the queen of myself!