j a m e s f o r s y t h ✡ n e t

I used to listen to a lot of ska music. I still enjoy it a lot. Unlike my comments re: rap music below, I don’t think there’s anything particularly childish about ska.

I’m not going to worry about the semantics too much - but there’s overlap between “ska” and “reggae”.

Of course, the most popular ska/reggae performer is Bob Marley. An Aussie barbeque goes really well with a Bob Marley album wiling away the afternoon (and some cabana and cheese - I’ve gone off heavy food recently). But the most popular isn’t always the best - which of course applies in a whole tonne of areas in music, art and life itself.

So, here’s a list of favourite ska performers that I really love:

Toots and the Maytals
Skatalites
Clancy Eccles
Lee “Scratch” Perry
King Stitt
Ken Boothe
Derrick Morgan
Prince Buster
Laurel Aitken
Desmond Dekker
Symarip
Bad Manners
The Selecter

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