Ska

Definitions

1. A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
   uncountable
2. Initialism of Square Kilometer Array.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Examples

“Musical Hairsplitting: The act of classifying music and musicians into pathologically picayune categories: “The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.””

“Everyone who loves ska has their own⟳ story to tell⟳—the first time they heard the Specials back in the '70s, the first time they danced onstage at a Toasters show⟳ in the '80s, the first time they saw⟳ the Skatalites perform⟳ in the '90s.”

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