Genre Ska - Page 48
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Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation emerged out of the ska scene. Music by the fans for the fans. They know their roots & culture but spread the wings to embrace the world musically and literally. Their debut album NO BAM BAM (2017) was widely acclaimed with enthusiastic reviews and made its way to the heart of the Ska and Reggae scene rightaway. Drawing influences as wide as Early Reggae, Ska, Soul and Punk their original acoustic threesome has become one of the most respected bands in the German Ska scene.
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UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.
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Millicent Dolly May Small, CD (born 6 October 1946), is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of "My Boy Lollipop."
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Tryo (pronounced [tʁijo]) is a French-language 'unplugged' ska acoustic band, popular in Europe and Quebec, with three French guitarists, a percussionist, and a producer: Guizmo, Christophe Mali, Manu Eveno, Daniel "Danielito" Bravo and Bibou.
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Dubioza kolektiv (also known simply as Dubioza) is a Bosnian avant-garde dub rock group known for their crossover style that incorporates elements of hip hop, dub, ska, reggae, rock, punk, electronic music, and Balkan music, and for their socially and politically conscious songwriting with lyrics in multiple languages. By 2015, Dubioza kolektiv had emerged as the most popular Bosnian musical act.
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The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez on horns. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude". Lyrically, they present a "more focused and informed political and social stance".
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Classic ska and old school R&B revivalists The Bandulus find some common ground between retro soul, ska and reggae. Includes "Stop Playin' Wiht My Heart", "Break The Ice", "Love A Woman", "Truth", "Money Man", "Another Lie", "Flash Flood", "Am I A Good Man" and more. 13 in all.
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No Authority are now older than many of their concert guests - but their mix of rough punk rock and driving offbeats still sounds as rousing and fresh as in the early days, when the band was one of the pioneers of the genre.