Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation (Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810884496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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C. Benoit said Perfect introduction to the history and impact of ska. A wide-ranging, well-written introduction to ska - from its African roots and Jamaican inception to the "Perfect introduction to the history and impact of ska" according to C. Benoit. A wide-ranging, well-written introduction to ska - from its African roots and Jamaican inception to the 2Tone era in England, the NYC and West Coast sounds and today's world-wide ska scene. A perfect companion book to her excellent biography on Skatalites' Don Drummond. But read this one first for the big picture.. Tone era in England, the NYC and West Coast sounds and today's world-wide ska scene. A perfect companion book to her excellent biography on Skatalites' Don Drummond. But read this one first for the big picture.
In its history as a music of freedom, ska has itself flowed freely to wherever people are celebrating the rhythms and sounds of hope.”Ska: The Rhythm Liberation should appeal to fans and scholars alike—indeed, any enthusiast of popular music and Caribbean, American, and British history seeking to understand the fascinating relationship between indigenous popular music and cultural and political history. As series editor and pop music scholar Scott Calhoun notes: “Like a cultural barometer, the rise of ska indicates when and where social, political, and economic institutions disappoint their people and push them to re-invent the process for making meaning out of life. Without ska music, there would be no reggae or Bob Marley, no British punk and pop blends, no American soundtrack to its various subcultures. Like other major music genres, ska reflects, reveals, and reacts to the genesis and migration from its Afro-Caribbean roots and colonial origins to the shores of England and back across the Atlantic to the United States. In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation,
This book thoroughly covers the history of the bouncing rhythms of ska, with an eye toward the social and political undertones of the music. While other books have been written about the “2 Tone” movement that took place in England in the late ’70′s, this is a much deeper, fact finding volume that traces ska’s roots back to slavery.This painstakingly researched work deserves not only attention but a seeking out by anyone who has an affinity and love of ska or a true musicologist. Ska reflected and exposed social issues and it promoted unity: Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation discusses important connections in the process of showing how ska
Heather Augustyn is the author of Ska: An Oral History and Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Trombonist. She is a newspaper reporter for the Times of Northwest Indiana, an elementary-school writing teacher, and she lives with her husband and two boys in northwest Indiana.