Mento
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Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. It is Jamaica’s first commercially recorded music, born out of a fusion of African rhythmic eleme
Popular mento band, the Jolly Boys
Rumba box from Cuba, used in mento.
A local mento band from St Catherine performing at a cultural event.
Ska
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Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska i
Mento
…Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. It is Jamaica’s first commercially recorded music, born out of a fusion of African rhythmic elements and European elements. Mento…
Madness performing in 2005
The Specials
Fishbone playing in Los Angeles
Desorden Publico, which are from Caracas, Venezuela, formed in 1985.