“Easy Snappin’” – Theo Beckford: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “Women of the ghetto” – Hortense Ellis: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “East Side Beat” – Toasters: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “Sell Out” – Reel Big Fish: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “Schooling the Duke” – Don Drummond: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “Rise Up” – The Skints: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. “54-46 was my number” – Toots and the Maytals: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube. She maintains a blog at The music you heard on this episode is: She’s written seven books on Jamaican music, including Ska: An Oral History, Ska The Music of Liberation, and Women in Jamaican Music, was just released this past May. Heather Augutyn is an author, photographer, and a continuing lecturer at Purdue University, Northwest. Join Why? Radio and our guest Heather Augstyn as we explore how this little-known genre spread around the world, racking up hit, after hit, after hit. It’s a rich and diverse dance music that mixes Caribbean sounds with jazz, R&B, and punk rock, to explore politics, history, and the legacy of slavery. Most people know about reggae, but before that, there was dancehall, rocksteady, and our host’s personal favorite, ska. Jamaica is the home of a great musical tradition. ORIGINALLY BROADCAST JANUTo listen to the podcast via iTunes, click here.įor a transcript of this episode, click here.