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Ska Blah Blah is a ska themed PODCAST and BLOG with a focus on true revivalism and innovative traditionalism. Ska Blah Blah features in depth interviews as well as, album reviews, news, and link compendiums.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'NPR'
PBS FRONTLINE Streams Alpha Boys Segmant
If you’ll remember back a few weeks, to the post Marco Werman submitted to SBB- it was essentially his collection of notes from his trip to Jamaica. It seems those notes have bore more fruit than just a few segments on the radio. PBS has just...
Guest Blogger, Marco Werman: Notes From a Sound System
I just came back from ten days in Kingston, Jamaica where I was collecting program material on the Alpha Boys School, an orphanage that was founded in the 19th century by the Catholic Sisters of Mercy (to be aired on Frontline/WORLD later this Spring...
Ska Online: The World Loves JA Music
I can’t believe how many times I’ve heard a great NPR or PRI story that covers Jamaican music recently. That’s National Public Radio and Public Radio International, for those that aren’t hip. This time around, The World, a...
Dub Online: NPR profiles Reggae Ice Cream Truck
The spirit of the Sound System is alive and well as evidenced by Aurelito and Shakespeare’s tricked out, 1960’s era ice cream truck. Instead of selling Bomb Pops and poorly designed sherbet on a stick, these LA DJ’s sling cds and s...
Ska Online: NPR hearts Jamaican Music
Maybe you are already a fan of NPR. For those of you that aren’t- that’s National Public Radio. Think PBS, only radio. My love of NPR began with shows like Car Talk and This American Life, and has since grown to include the core of Pu...
