¡THIS IS SKA!

From Jamaica to the world…

The Music in Jamaica
1950’s

▪ The Sound System:

Duke "the Trojan" Reid, Clement "Sir Coxsone"
Dodd & Vincet "King" Edwards
 The ska is recognized as NATIONAL dance and music of Jamaica.

The Ska borns 1960’s

“change the gear, man,
change the gear”

The Ska is recognized

as national dance and
music of Jamaica.
The Rude Boys
The Rocksteady
The Two-Tone
(The Second Wave)
1978- 1983
The Rude Boys emigrate to
England
The Rude Boys meet The
Mods and The Skinheads
born
Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice (S.H.A.R.P.)
The Third Wave
Returning to the origins… but
going to everywhere.
 The Ska is Worldwide

-Now we have: ska-core, ska-metal, ska-punk, ska-funk, and more!

-Other bands keep the traditional ska alive!: Hepcat, Don Khumalo, The Slackers,
Skatalá and Dr. Calypso.

-The Latin rhythms created the latin-ska.

-Currently, the ska has taken a tonality of union music. Joining the Punks, Skins,
Rudes, Skatalics, Rastafarians, Hip Hoppers, Rappers, Anarchists, Libertarians,
Blacks, Whites, Chinese, Europeans, Asians, Latin Music Lovers, Natty Dreads, etc...
Under the same dance, the same vibration and the same fight against the
system... without distinction of race, religion, social status, sexual preference, etc...
However, this story is not
finished yet and it’s our duty to
continue writing it.

“¡HEALTH AND SKA!”