New York Ska lable Moon Ska Records has closed its doors. Here is a statement from Bucket (Moon Ska/Toasters) Eighteen years ago, in 1983, Moon Records set out (initially as Icebear), to press and ...

Ska emerged in the early '60s as a precursor to reggae by Jamaican musicians influenced by the New Orleans R&B that reached the island over radio. Early bands from this movement including Skatalites ...

By the early-2000s, the mainstream music industry had decided ... writes in his book “In Defense of Ska.” Established bands continued to tour, new groups came together, and vibrant communities ...

" Bright Eyes Goes Ska" is a headline that fans might have read when the band released their recent album Five Dice, All ...

Before we knew Danny Elfman as a film composer, he was known as the frontman to Oingo Boingo, a genre-defying new wave/ska/art-rock band.