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Genre
traditional ska
Parent Genre: rock

Traditional ska music is a genre that originated in Jamaica in the 1960s and is characterized by its upbeat tempo, prominent bassline, and use of brass instruments. It often features socially conscious lyrics and is influenced by various genres including jazz, R&B, and Caribbean music. The Slackers, The Dualers, and The Aggrolites are all modern bands that continue to play and evolve this genre, keeping its roots alive while adding their own unique twists.


Top artists of traditional ska genre

The Dualers
Chris Murray
Two Tone Club
Victor Rice
Los Granadians del Espacio Exterior
The Oldians
Akatz
The Magnetics
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List of traditional ska artists

Here is a list of traditional ska artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the traditional ska genre. You can find out what traditional ska genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Dualers
39 0 72 59 31 86 137 29219
2
Chris Murray
32 0 77 74 27 92 133 6529
3
Two Tone Club
30 46 58 69 28 82 117 11523
4
Victor Rice
28 84 71 71 41 84 129 5399
5
Los Granadians del Espacio Exterior
27 39 78 68 47 91 121 7458
6
The Oldians
26 73 80 52 51 72 110 5327
7
Akatz
26 23 78 62 39 91 130 6717
8
The Magnetics
25 16 64 82 24 93 131 2235
9
The Valkyrians
25 0 62 61 4 69 107 7936
10
Jazzbo
25 75 65 51 49 71 117 6558
11
Westbound Train
24 9 62 66 15 84 133 11047
12
The Senior Allstars
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1637
13
La Familia Torelli
20 1 88 55 26 87 134 1484
14
The Steady 45's
20 30 73 59 18 97 126 5597
15
The Pinstripes
20 1 44 96 4 60 145 3406
16
The Hotknives
20 1 59 84 4 94 153 5968
17
Los Aggrotones
20 65 69 81 35 97 164 4523
18
Hub City Stompers
19 13 62 84 2 88 144 5514
19
Smooth Beans
19 34 83 55 36 86 118 2657
20
The Kinky Coo Coo's
19 0 83 55 72 96 128 2998
21
Vic Ruggiero
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 7469
22
Deal's Gone Bad
18 0 67 77 6 94 138 6827
23
The Delegators
17 1 72 61 36 86 108 3585
24
Root Diamoons
17 1 72 64 37 76 128 2819
25
Stubborn All-Stars
17 0 64 74 1 86 144 6588
26
Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra
17 0 69 72 49 93 127 5035
27
Pama International
16 26 72 52 9 54 138 2669
28
The Fenicians
16 84 73 58 31 88 143 1722
29
Roger Rivas
16 82 78 48 42 92 152 2737
30
Tommy Tornado
15 86 82 68 10 85 74 1772
31
Maroon Town
15 12 79 71 2 89 129 4109
32
Ska Beat City
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4460
33
Dave Hillyard
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1094
34
Doreen Shaffer
15 0 72 53 29 68 140 3784
35
Alpheus
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1750
36
Transilvanians
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1812
37
The Cabrians
13 0 80 55 8 92 127 2694
38
Intensified
13 4 71 61 6 91 120 3682
39
Mango Wood
12 2 76 70 27 98 166 1006
40
David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven
12 44 78 50 19 81 112 1925
41
Eastern Standard Time
12 0 76 49 10 60 86 4427
42
The Pepper Pots
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7086
43
Cosmic Shuffling
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 665
44
The Israelites
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4211
45
Black Cat Zoot
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1043
46
Phoenix City All-Stars
11 30 65 76 25 80 135 1330
47
The Abruptors
11 0 53 84 2 90 155 1452
48
The Trojans
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6590
49
Boss Capone & Patsy
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1049
50
Mr. T-Bone
10 0 84 65 22 89 127 1805
51
Begoña Bang-Matu
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1950
52
The Steadytones
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 579
53
See Spot
10 28 78 69 28 96 131 1512
54
Skarlatines
10 74 54 93 33 95 92 1834
55
The Skoidats
10 0 60 68 0 69 138 3058
56
The Bandulus
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1949
57
Soul Radics
9 0 66 70 8 89 148 2089
58
The Debonaires
9 0 72 64 3 95 149 2359
59
Skandalous All-Stars
9 1 61 75 9 80 149 2816
60
Chris Murray Combo
9 0 75 68 19 92 129 2007
61
The Prizefighters
9 0 65 76 49 98 121 1633
62
King Django
9 0 75 67 1 97 131 4060
63
Go Jimmy Go
8 26 74 60 5 86 125 2921
64
Babylove & The Van Dangos
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2311
65
Crazy Baldhead
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1520
66
The Upsessions
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3387
67
The Freecoasters
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1096
68
The Caroloregians
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2093
69
The Loving Paupers
7 1 83 52 28 64 116 1046
70
Green Room Rockers
7 0 67 84 13 94 151 1798
71
The Scotch Bonnets
7 0 65 72 2 66 111 1186
72
Yebo
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 329
73
King Apparatus
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2454
74
The Allstonians
7 74 76 67 54 96 152 2805
75
The Bakesys
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 381
76
ASPO
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1242
77
Ruder Than You
6 0 48 92 4 98 172 2244
78
Skavoovie & The Epitones
6 3 50 75 1 81 80 2621
79
Proyecto Secreto
6 3 69 68 40 87 145 758
80
The Georgetown Orbits
5 91 79 66 27 96 139 781
81
Cartoon Violence
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 690
82
Kalles Kaviar
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1318
83
The Bluebeats
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 740
84
Western Special
5 2 86 54 25 94 91 1822
85
The Adjusters
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1572
86
Skinnerbox
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 682
87
Red Soul Community
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1553
88
The Lock Downers
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 332
89
Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1145
90
The Beatdown
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1413
91
The Orobians
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1290
92
The Dropsteppers
4 1 77 51 27 83 90 1533
93
Skamanians
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 512
94
Pressure Cooker
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1409
95
The Dendrites
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 794
96
The Sidewalk Doctors
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 476
97
The Skapones
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 794
98
The Upsttemians
4 0 75 67 7 77 131 1107
99
The Duppies
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1090
100
The Shake It Up's
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 342
101
The Amalgamated
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 198
102
The Fuss
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 487
103
The Stingers ATX
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2158
104
Mr. Kingpin
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 300
105
The Void Union
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 891
106
The Upshitters
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 278
107
The Brothers Ignatius
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 475
108
Easy Big Fella
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 748
109
Train's Tone
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 236
110
Unsteady
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1974
111
The Robustos
2 0 74 61 15 94 135 437
112
Some Ska Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 241
113
Ruben Lopez & The Diatones
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 840
114
General Rudie
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 511
115
The One Droppers
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 680
116
Riki Rocksteady
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
117
The Expos
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 274
118
65 Mines Street
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 278
119
Ska Trek
1 0 63 79 5 77 173 320
120
Mr T-Bone & The Young Lions
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 223
121
Thorpedians
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 452
122
Buford O'Sullivan
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
123
The Radiation Kings
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 220
124
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
125
The Peeping Toms
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1014
126
Sammy Kay and the East Los 3
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 323
127
Flight 404
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 564
128
Kingston Kitchen
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262
129
Kingston Factory
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177
130
Da Whole Thing
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
131
The Indecision
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304
132
Skavenjah
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
133
Bomb Town
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94
134
The Allentons
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172
135
King Kong Girio
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
136
Royal City Riot
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
137
The Mighty Fishers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
138
Taste In Vibes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
139
Sound One
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
140
Boss 501
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
141
Ruben & the Diatons
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
142
Contratempo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 362
143
No.1 Station
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 206
144
Mr. Symarip
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8087
145
Carlos Dingo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109
146
One Night Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129
147
Tricia & The Supersonics
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
148
King Django Quintet
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238