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Ska

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Mr. Vegas Talks "Sweet Jamaica" and Sweet Jamaica

    You might not know the name Mr. Vegas. But if you've been within earshot of a dancehall DJ in the last 15 years, you've heard his music. Though little acknowledged in the broader music world, the singer is a Jamaican icon thanks to "Heads High," "Hot Wuk," "Bruk it Down," and other hits known fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    The Aggrolites Talk Skinhead Reggae

    The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke to ... More >>

  • Music

    March 1, 2012

    Nine Mile Music Festival at Virginia Key Beach Park March 3

    The Aggrolites are a skinhead reggae band from Los Angeles. With a faster pace than the ska and rocksteady that came before it, the style got its name from its old-school UK fans, the black Jamaican rudeboys and white mod factory workers who pioneered the original skinhead subculture. We spoke to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Marley Fest 2012: A Righteous, Nine-Part Guide to the Nine Mile Music Festival in Miami

    ​Wanna lead a blessed existence full of irie vibes? Simply abide these nine Rasta-approved rules of conduct and you shall bask in the radiant glory of the Zion Lion: (1) Grow that ganja; (2) Get dreaded; (3) Praise Jah; (4) Start an Ital diet; (5) Smoke that ganja; (6) Listen to lots of reggae mus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Five Bizarre Punk Permutations

    WTF is Hare Krishna hardcore? Ask Shelter.​When punk started brewing in the late '60s and exploded in the '70s, no one could have predicted the exponential permutations the genre would unleash. But as it turns out, the next 40 years were a total landslide of sub-subgenres and multigenerational s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Magadog's Ska, Soul, and Roots Reggae Mashup

    ​Magadog Self-titled (Moon Ska Reocrds) myspace.com/magadogtampa It's hard to believe Magadog has been soldiering since 1992. This band (and this album in particular) recall a time in life when going to shows with a group of friends was 100-percent fun. I'm referring to cool Sunday night show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Q&A With Norwood Fisher of Fishbone, Playing Culture Room Tomorrow Night

    Photo by phivephotography.com​Though Fishbone's home turf -- South Central L.A. -- may not have been a typical rock and roll breeding ground, plenty else about the band's birth was fortuitous. The band's early musical brew, heavy on ska, reggae, and a liberal helping of rock, was largely created i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Concert Announcements: Gov't Mule at Revolution, The English Beat and Fishbone at Culture Room

    via Flickr user Rich Anderson​Once you get off the Jam Cruise, you should go ahead and get ready for another show to reminisce with your new found friends and relive the countless hours of meandering guitars, drum solos, and improvised jam sessions with a band that's been perfecting all those thin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Concert Review: The Ska Is Dead Tour at Culture Room, November 19

    ​The Ska Is Dead TourWith Deal's Gone Bad, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, and the ToastersCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, November 19, 2009Better Than: Remembering the misled late-'90s mainstream notion of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones supposedly epitomizing ska.The Review:In 2009, ska sur ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Ska Is Dead tour lands at Culture Room this Thursday

    ​The Ska Is Dead TourWith Deal's Gone Bad, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, and the ToastersCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, November 19, 2009Better Than: Remembering the misled late-'90s mainstream notion of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones supposedly epitomizing ska.The Review:In 2009, ska sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    A Primer on the '90s Survivors at the Ska is Dead Tour, Thursday at Culture Room

    The fourth edition of the recurrent Ska is Dead tour lands at Culture Room on Thursday with a bill straight out of 1997. Ska has been reviled and declared dead for about the last 30 years, but it seems its horn-heavy effervescence just can't be dampened. The genre itself pre-dates reggae, coming out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Big D and the Kids Table, Unlikely Survivors of '90s Ska, Play Propaganda November 10

    Frankly, the many-membered Boston act Big D and the Kids Table were not, at their inception, among the front-runners for survival of ska's so-called "Third Wave" in the '90s. The band started a little too late - 1995 - to be seen as truly authentic at the movement's peak, around '97 or '98. Its ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Concert Review: Dubfest at Hollywood ArtsPark, September 5

    Bunny Wailer​DubFest Featuring Bunny Wailer, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, and othersHollywood ArtsPark at Young CircleSaturday, September 5, 2009
 Better Than: Anything that has come to the ArtsPark in a very long time.The Review:Last Saturday, the rain just wouldn't let up. B ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2009

    In the Name of Dub

    Jesse Stoll's homegrown DubFest brings international reggae legends out of hiding.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Supervillains Return to Culture Room September 19

    Skankers of the world unite! Orlando ska legends The Supervillains are coming back to Culture room on September 19. Dom, Skart, Dan, Smally, and Cardo are also scheduled to play at Arts Park in Hollywood on September 5 with the English Beat, Reel Big Fish, and a slew of reggae acts during DubFest. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Last Night: Bad Manners and the English Beat at Culture Room

    via www.myspace.com/badmannersofficialBad Manners' frontman, Buster Bloodvessel, in 1983Bad Manners and the English BeatWednesday, January 28, 2009Culture Room, Ft. LauderdaleBetter Than: Feeling sorry for yourself, anywhereThe Review:When a portly, fiftysomething man in a floppy, sweaty, leopard pr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Do the Reggay

    And groove with the man who helped invent the genre.

  • Music

    September 27, 2007

    Boss Sounds

    With a decade-plus of revisiting Jamaican rhythms, the Slackers are anything but

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Former Skatalite Member, Jah Jerry, Dies

    With a decade-plus of revisiting Jamaican rhythms, the Slackers are anything but

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Jackie Mittoo

    Wishbone (Light in the Attic)

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Treehouse Rock

    Wishbone (Light in the Attic)

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Taught to Be Taut

    Wishbone (Light in the Attic)

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    Easy Star All-Stars

    Radiodread (Easy Star Records)

  • Music

    June 22, 2006

    Various Artists

    Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Ska Years (Heartbeat)

  • Music

    May 25, 2006

    The Aggrolites

    The Aggrolites (Hellcat)

  • Film

    January 26, 2006

    All Things Jewish

    Ambition pays off as film festival sprawls

  • News

    January 20, 2006

    All Things Jewish

    Ambition pays off as film festival sprawls

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    All Things Jewish

    Ambition pays off as film festival sprawls

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Ska Is Dead 3

    Ambition pays off as film festival sprawls

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Freddie McGregor Locks It Down

    The reggae legend returns with a message of unity and tolerance

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    21st Annual Miami Reggae Fest

    The reggae legend returns with a message of unity and tolerance

  • Film

    March 17, 2005

    You Don't Have to Be Jewish

    This year's film festival is pantheistic, multicultural, and international

  • Music

    February 24, 2005

    Guerrillas of Peace

    Colombia ska upstarts Skampida hit Miami in search of social justice and a record deal

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    The Toasters

    Colombia ska upstarts Skampida hit Miami in search of social justice and a record deal

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Chin Music

    How one little record shop climbed to the top of the reggae world

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    City Slackers

    Poverty, dancehall, and sound systems in modern-day Kingston, Jamaica

  • Music

    October 17, 2002

    Going Somewhere

    Ska-punk favorites Going Nowhere play one last show before upgrading to a new sound

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    Fermin Muguruza

    Brigadistak Sound System Piranha

  • Music

    January 10, 2002

    Catch It Live!

    Skaddish

  • Music

    October 25, 2001

    Real Ring-Ding

    The pioneers of Jamaican pop team up with the R&B legends who inspired them

  • Music

    January 4, 2001

    Buried Treasure

    Take a tour of South Florida's best roots stash

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    Rotations

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Toasters of the Town

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    October 22, 1998

    Rotations

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Zoot Up, Punk

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    May 28, 1998

    Rotations

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    Rotations

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    April 9, 1998

    Skankin' Out Racism

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Music

    December 11, 1997

    The Outsiders

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

  • Calendar

    July 31, 1997

    Calendar for the week

    Tommy McCook, DJ Logic

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