Saturday, November 18, 2017

Ska Ska Ska Do The Ska

I've been listening to almost nothing but ska the last few months. The music just makes me happy. It is timeless. From an interview with trumpet player Adam Birch at reggae-steady-ska.com where he was at a festival playing with The Pietasters.

You’ve been involved with ska the bulk of your life. What is it that keeps bringing you back?

You know what, it’s this music. I’ll be honest with you. It never, ever dies. I tried to run away from it. I really believe this—this music is spiritual and I know you might not believe it, but you cannot stop listening to it. You try, you go away from it, you listen to other stuff, you always come back to it. The music just keeps reforming and it multitudes and it multiplies and it comes back third-wave ska, fourth-wave ska, fifth wave. It’s just this root of the music, but it changes and it progresses. That’s the beautiful thing about ska.



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