Random music news for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
German finger wrestling: It’s a thing. So is music news for Wednesday, May 15, 2024. More music new? Look here. BONUS: Hey, kids. This is how we used to play electronic music. This
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The people behind Peaky Blinders have a new show about 2 Tone ska
The 2 Tone era in the late 70s and very early 80s produced some of the best ska ever with music from The Specials, Madness, The Selector, and others still resonating today. It’s
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Ongoing History Daily: The waves of ska
If we stand back and look at the history of ska, we are now in its fourth wave. The first came in the 40s and 50s with the original ska pioneers in Jamaica
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 880: Alt-Rock Revivals Part 2 – Ska
Certain types of music have been around forever. Jazz, for, example has been with us for over a hundred years. Classical music as we know it goes back at least 600 years. And
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Geets&Beats Podcast, Episode 107: Whale of a Timewaster
So I’m back in Singapore, sweltering in the equatorial humidity as I attend the annual Music Matters Conference in an effort to spread the Gospel of Geeks&Beats. I count two converted disciples so
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Let’s Take Some Time to Reflect on the History of Ska
Shane Alexander at sister site Geeks&Beats points us to this Voice/Noisey documentary on the era of 2 Tone ska.
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