Tag Archives: Ska

Music Fridays: Mission of Burma

 There is something about musical ‘missing links’ that music buffs (see High Fidelity) can’t get enough of.  Given half the chance, they will talk your ear off pointing out countless overlooked pioneering musical genres/eras/artists like Nick Drake, Gil Scott Heron, Krautrock, Post-Punk, Ska, CBGBs, Grunge, Detroit Techno, or Northern Soul.  When Seattle group ‘Nirvana’ burst onto the [...]

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The Big Tree of Impatience

Last evening, I was listening to a compilation from Trojan Records. For the uninformed, Trojan Records was a classic Jamaican record label releasing Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub and every which way the genre twisted. If you could imagine the might of Stax, Motown and Blue Note Records as one entity, it would give you an [...]

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