Featuring a light-hearted mix of classic and contemporary ska – a genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and has inspired some fabulous and fascinating fusions with musical styles the world over. (Part 5 of a very occasional series.)

PLAYLIST: I'm in the Mood for Ska #5

The Skatalites / Skanhattan / Ska Voovee
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires / Behold (feat. The Blues Busters) / 7" 45 Single
Bunny "Rugs" Clarke / Big May / 7" 45 Single
The Ska Flames / Kiss Bam Bam / Ska Island (comp.)
Mo' Horizons / In Love with an Old Man (feat. Denise M'Baye) / Mo' Horizons & The Banana Soundsystem
Ska Cubano / Yírí Yírí Bon (Dancehall Mis) / Ska Cubano
Baba Brooks Band / Seven Guns Alive / 7" 45 Single
Dan-I & Jump with Joey / Barefootin' / Ska Island (comp.)
Derrick Morgan / Forward March / Forward March!
Makgona Tsohle Band / Marks Reggi / Makgona Tsohle Reggi (comp.)
Atsushi & the Moisties / Sound of the Ska / 7" 45 Single
Phoenix City All-stars / Paint It Black / The Stones Gone Ska (EP)
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes / Carry Go Bring Come / 7" 45 Single
Antidoping / Lejos de Casa / Esfuerzo Universal
Duke Errol & the Lords / Shame and Scandal in the Family / New Sound of the Bahamas
Los Guanábana / Descarga / Heartbeats
Proyecto Secreto / Mariskal / Alto
Henri Bowane / Sam Ba No / Double Take – Tala Kaka
Toots & The Maytals / Funky Kingston / Funky Kingston
Cosmic Shuffling / Eastern Ska / 7" 45 Single
Wesli / L'Amiral Skarawak / ImmiGrand Deluxe
Brown Rice Family / Latin Goes Ska / Havana to Kingston
The Ska Vengers / I Put a Spell on You / The Ska Vengers
Bobby Aitken & The Carib Beats / Thunderball / 7" 45 Single
Don Drummond / Green Island / 7" 45rpm Single
Jackie Opel / Go Away (aka Go Whey) / 7" 45 Single
The Wailers (or Wailing Wailers) / Wings of a Dove / (YouTube)
Prince Buster / Wash Your Troubles Away / I Feel the Spirit
Desmond Dekker & The Aces / 007 (Shanty Town) / 007 (Shanty Town)
Gypsy Ska Orquesta / Cumbiarábica / Sabarabulé
Johnny Moore / The Reflections of Don D. / 7" 45 Single
The Upsetters / Return of Django / Return of Django
Nuroy & U-Roy / The Originator / The Originator
Melbourne Ska Orchestra / He's a Tripper / Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Orquestra Brasileira de Música Jamaicana / Nanã / Volume I

"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. For the avid globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. Catskill resident "DJ Neva" is an ethnomusicologist, producer, and long-time cultural activist, specializing in music from the entire African continent, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, the Maghreb and Middle East, and the Roma (Gypsy) diaspora. Formerly the producer of "Continental Drift" on WBAI-FM and New York International on Haitian community station Radio Soleil in NYC. The show is broadcast live from Catskill, NY.

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