ska
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5.1
- noun
- /skɑː/
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ska
- The vibrant energy of ska music filled the room, making everyone want to dance.
- ska band
- Ska music
- ska song
Examples
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During the 1950s and early 1960s, he also influenced some of the Island's leading non-Rasta pop musicians, a number of whom went on to form the definitive ska band of the decade, the Skatalites.
Academic text (2000) -
Osborne is currently on tour with the legendary Reggae/SKA act Toots and the Maytals in support of their acoustic-only tour.
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Yeah, that ska band from Delaware.
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He was really into ska.
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Her book, The Voice of the People: An Oral History of Ska Music in Jamaica and England, is forthcoming this fall from McFarland Publishing.
Academic text (2010) -
Billboard has called the album a combination of '80s and '90s southern California ska scene, electric pop, and dance hall.
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That's a huge oversimplification of ska's innovative contribution to music.
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Yeah, you've got the reggae ska side, and then you've got the punk side.
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The term Reggae encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres including Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall, and the unique Jamaican Soundsystem.
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New York's premier practitioners of vintage Jamaican music—ska, reggae, dub, etc.—embrace American soul on this hopeful yet realistic 2010 love song.
Blog text (28)
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Ska comes from Jamaica and many people think the name copies the short, sharp 'ska' sound of the offbeat guitar or horn. So, ska is easy to remember as the lively Jamaican music with a quick, bouncy beat.