EP.55-Now That's What I Call Ska Vol.55

Join Matt and RJ as they explore some ska news and tell you about some of their favorite album openers. RJ tells us about The Valkyrians from Finland and Matt gives a ska history lesson about Prince Buster. Lastly, Matt and RJ give you their Ska Picks of the Week. On The Upbeat: www.Instagram.com/ontheupbeatska www.facebook.com/ontheupbeatska www.twitter.com/ontheupbeatska Donate to support On The Upbeat: https://ko-fi.com/ontheupbeat Ska News.... -Catbite’s second pressing of their first album http://badtimerecords.limitedrun.com/products/638515-catbite-12-vinyl-lp-second-pressing -Skatune Network This week Skatune Network announced they are doing Ska Goes Emo vol. 2 https://open.spotify.com/album/5a6ELdDKGMsthNn5r9tLAD?si=KFyA0UiHQoy_u0_S15UDsw -3dBs Down Ska punk band from Kent in the UK Dropped a new album on January 25th on all streaming platform forms. It’s called Get Your Retaliation in First. https://3dbsdown.bandcamp.com/ Ska Around The World..... The Valkyrians https://www.thevalkyrians.com/ Ska History..... Here are the links to the articles I read for the life history of artist Prince Buster https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/arts/music/prince-buster-trailblazer-of-ska-dies-at-78.amp.html https://www.allmusic.com/artist/prince-buster-mn0000359494/biography Ska Favorites Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DikTsRPk4dspXejk9bFko?si=5sqCpYLNSPGNe5Uz6OBXwQ Ska News Theme Song by Dang!t https://dangitband.bandcamp.com/music On The Upbeat Main Theme by Millington https://millingtonband.bandcamp.com/music You can buy the main theme song here: https://ontheupbeat.bandcamp.com/releases