Mapping The History Of Ska

Making the Waves: The Evolution of Ska maps the history of ska music from its origins inward 1950's Jamaica through its 70's revival inward the U.K. as well as on to its 'third wave' inward the USA.

This EntertainMaps created map provides brief introductions to a let on of ska musical artists inward Jamaica, the U.K. as well as the USA. If you lot conduct the markers on the map you lot tin hand the sack read these introductions as well as picket a YouTube video of the band or performer.

I gauge 1 of the dangers inward making such a map is that you lot volition e'er live on criticized for who you've left off the map. I don't know much most the 'third wave' of ska inward the USA merely I create know that the Jamaica as well as U.K. areas of the map are non just exhaustive. The U.K. section, for example, entirely includes iii ska bands. I've never been a huge fan of ska merely fifty-fifty I tin hand the sack mean value of a let on of U.K. as well as Jamaica ska bands as well as artists that appear conspicuous past times their absence from the map.


Fans of 70's U.K. music mightiness too similar EntertainMaps' London's Burning map. London's Burning plots the origins of or as well as then of London's finest punk bands. It too allows you lot to heed to a vocal past times each of the mapped bands.

This map used to include Mapbox's glorious Wheatpaste map tiles. The Wheatpaste map mode was inspired past times the cutting & paste, collage mode of music flyers & posters, pop amongst punk as well as novel moving ridge bands. It worked beautifully on a map most Punk music. Unfortunately London's Burning right away seems to purpose a dark & white version of Stamen's Watercolor map style.