Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation

by Heather Augustyn and Scott Calhoun

In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, Heather Augustyn examines how ska music first emerged in Jamaica as a fusion of popular, traditional, and even classical musical forms. As a genre, it was a connection to Africa, a means of expression and protest, and a respite from the struggles of colonization and grinding poverty. Ska would later travel with West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom, where British youth embraced the music, blending it with punk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810884496
• ISBN13: 9780810884496
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"