“We’re the Interrupters! We’re from Los Angeles, California!” the young guitarist announces over a fanfare, as the camera pulls back and reveals a four-piece band, plus a singer, and a crush of ...

When Specials co-founder Jerry Dammers launched his 2 Tone Records ska revival label in England in the late ’70s, it sparked a 2 Tone movement with bands like his own, along with Madness, Bad Manners, ...

Ska never went away, but there’s more widespread interest for the genre right now than there has been in a while. Nostalgia tends to move in 20-ish year cycles and it’s been about two decades since ...

Nearly 40 years after it was created in Jamaica, and 20 years after it briefly reignited in England, ska has finally invaded the American pop charts in a big way. Which is good news for pioneering ska ...

Aaron Carnes can pinpoint the exact moment he fell in love with ska. It was summer, 1992, five bands deep at a show in a dingy club in industrial Santa Clara. “The buzz of the opening bass line rang ...

Canonball is a segment on Bullseye that gives us a chance to take a closer look at albums that should be considered classics, to find out what makes them great. This time, the writer Aaron Carnes ...