GENRE

SKA

from 1959Kingston
THE STORY

Late-1950s Kingston: the R&B shuffle flipped to the offbeat. The Skatalites gave independence-era Jamaica its horn-driven sound.

EXPLORE
SOUND-SYSTEM CULTURECAME TOGETHER · sound-system cultureROCKSTEADYGREW INTO2 TONERETURNED TO · revival × hybrid

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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”