ska

[skah]

noun

1. a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.

ska

/ skɑː /

noun

1. a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s, accented on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat bar

Word History and Origins

Origin of ska¹

First recorded in 1960–65; of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of ska¹

C20: origin unknown

Example Sentences

“We started almost immediately, getting into the garage, literally, and going through the repertoire, and slowly but surely we started chipping away at the rep and realizing that they needed to broaden their horizon, and it was my opinion — that I desired for on their behalf — that they could write more than just ska tunes.”

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Released in March 2024, the six-part series delved into the ska and two tone music scene in the Midlands in the early 1980s, amidst violence on the streets of Birmingham and Coventry.

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The group, who started off as a marching band in Digbeth, described themselves on their website as "Birmingham's very own second-line, jazz, funk and ska soul stew".

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The inspiration for Warped Tour simply came from the diverse shows he was putting on every night in L.A., and the first festival lineup reflected that, featuring bands including No Doubt, Sublime, L7, Deftones, Face to Face, and many other ska, punk, indie and alternative acts.

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Earlier on Sunday, The Selecter opened up the final day of music on the Pyramid Stage, with an energetic set of punchy ska anthems.

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