![]() ![]() Ska's roots are of course in Jamaica, but at this point it's a massive global phenomenon, with thriving ska scenes in the US, the UK, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Australia, and beyond. But it's not just timing there's an increasingly strong network of bands working hard to show that ska is alive and well, and those bands are making really good music in the process. Nostalgia tends to move in 20-ish year cycles and it's been about two decades since ska's last peak in popularity died down, enough time has passed for the unfair stigma to fade away, and the anti-racism aspect of ska hits hard after four years of having Trump as a president. ![]() ![]() Ska never went away, but there's more widespread interest for the genre right now than there has been in a while.
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