Gladdy Anderson was a legendary Jamaican pianist, arranger, and singer whose work helped shape ska, rocksteady, and reggae.

London Intl Ska Fest's Ska, Rocksteady & Reggae Thames cruise at Greenwich Pier, London | Sat 24 May 2025: Find event lineups and buy tickets in our 'What's On at Greenwich Pier London' events Guide ...

Influential reggae and roots artist Max Romeo – real name Maxwell Smith – has died at the age of 80.. A statement posted on social media over the weekend confirmed his passing, reading: “It is with ...

Sound system culture originated in Jamaica in the 1940s and '50s and involves a collection of MCs and DJs playing dub, ska, rocksteady and reggae on customised speaker systems.

STING: Ska, blue beat, rocksteady, reggae. SHAGGY: On paper, it looks weird, Shaggy and Sting. But you come and catch a show or see us together, it actually works. We’re still surprised!

Rocksteady is the bridging genre between ska and reggae. Essentially Rocksteady is a slowed-down version of ska, named after the dance in this song . Ska was the popular Jamaican musical genre in ...

He explains that the effect of jazz in Jamaica began well before the appearance of ska and reggae in the late ‘50s. This happened through a number of avenues.

PorkPie Live plus SKA, Rocksteady, Reggae DJs at Bootleg Social , Blackpool | Fri 06 September 2024: Find event lineups and buy tickets in our 'What's On at Bootleg Social Blackpool ' events Guide ...

Since 1998, Art Baker drenched listeners in equally portioned pools of ska, rocksteady, reggae, and dub – mostly representing a 25-year arc from the early Sixties to the mid-Eighties.

I call reggae “leisure dance” music in my work, following ethnomusicologist Jay Junker. UC: What are the origins of reggae? SK: Reggae emerged in Jamaica in the 1950s, when Jamaicans who’d traveled to ...