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Ska Is Dead - Sidebar
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This compilation CD is a good sampling of some great trad
ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music, mainly drawing from
some of California’s best up and coming trad ska acts.
Stand out acts include The
Aggrolites, Chris
Murray, Go
Jimmy Go and The
Debonaires as well as tracks from long time west coast
veterans like Monkey and the Skeletones.
Quite honestly I’m not all that familiar with many of
the reggae/dub bands on this comp, such as the Dub Street
Rockers, Empire All Stars, or the Irie Beats and aren’t
really sure if these are studio projects or established acts.
But the quality level was up on all the tracks so the entire
CD was enjoyable. My only complaint would be that many of
these tracks have already been released. But if you are not
already familiar with many of these bands and are looking
for a good selection of mainly west coast bands that solidly
represent genres from the last 40 years of Jamaican music,
then I’d definitely check this out. |
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