a type of fast pop music with a strong beat, originally played in Jamaica in the late 1950s and popular there and in the UK. It influenced the development of reggae.
Meaning of ska in English
(Definition of ska from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of ska
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Their signature upbeat tunes and rich arrangements combine elements of electronica, dance, rock, swing jazz and ska.
Music genres represented at the festival have included hard rock, folk, indie, heavy metal, ska, punk, and gothic.
It is a predominantly punk rock festival, though there are also a good number of indie rock, metal, and ska acts.
They combined influences from ska, reggae and rocksteady with elements of punk rock and new wave.
They play ska and rocksteady standards (mostly instrumental) with a modern jazz twist.
The album tells a story using ten songs, fusing reggae with calypso, raggamuffin and ska.
This idea that dance music is a kind of minority interest, a bit like ska, is wrong.
Reggae, ska, big band jazz, library music and classical pieces are also featured.
The band's music combines aspects of reggae, folk, ska, blues, and rock and roll.
Their collaboration takes the folk melody, creates a variation on it, and sets them to ska rhythms.
From ska, rock and jazz to house, hip-hop, classical or eclectic, the music choice is left to the disc jockey.
By the late 1990s, mainstream interest in third wave ska bands waned as other music genres gained momentum.
During the band's initial period, their sound was basic punk music with heavy ska influences.
It garnered compliments regarding the strength of the group's vocals in combination with their new ska dubbed sound.
None of the previous guitarists had come close to being able to play the ska style that the music demanded.
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