Tag Archives: Laurel Aitken / The Ska – Ska Titans

Greater than a music group, the Skatalites were and so are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch music artists who didn’t merely define the audio of Jamaica, these were the audio of Jamaica over the ’50s and ’60s. Even though group been around in its first incarnation for under 18 …

Referred to as “the Godfather of Ska,” Laurel Aitken was Jamaica’s first proper recording star. He was a pioneer in lots of other respects aswell: he was among the initial artists ever release a a ska record, the first ever to work at marketing his music within the U.K., and …