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Polls

Ska – Rocksteady – Early Reggae: Which Online Radio Stations have it?

30 March 2010 Diary

Could you please help me out again? It’s easy to spend tons of time uploading your songs to all those music websites. Just to make sure that as many people as possible have the chance to hear it, provided that they are interested. You may start with myspace and Soundcloud, but where do you end? [...]

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With which medium do you listen to Ska music?

4 March 2010 Polls

It used to be so simple when I started making music with my band The Braces in the early 1980s. You wanted to send a promo package with music to a local promoter? Just record a compact cassette. You’ve been to the studio to record your stuff? Press it on vinyl! You did not have [...]

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Ska Polls 2009: And The Winners Are ….

19 January 2010 Polls

Now it’s official: The results of the Best Of Ska polls at joescholes.com are here. And I am happy to announce the winners in the three categories are:

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Best Of Ska, Rocksteady, Early Reggae 2009: Vote until January 17th 2010

3 January 2010 Polls

Thanks a lot to those who contributed to the shortlist. Thanks to Burning Bush, Tobi Tonewheel, The Hook, Tommy

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Best In Ska 2009: First Feedback

23 December 2009 Polls

The call for suggestions to the “Best in Ska” of 2009 still runs until 31.12.2009. These are just the intermediate results.
The call has not only boosted the comments on my blog by 300 per cent (there had been one before), some ska fans also transmitted their suggestions via myspace or facebook. In order to [...]

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Vote For Your Favourite Ska, Rocksteady, Early Reggae Song, Album, Live Band 2009

9 December 2009 Polls

After nearly 30 years of listening to, writing about and making Ska Music I have to say for the year 2009: I don’t know what’s happening! A few days back I went to the great forum ska-talk.org, where the question was asked: “Which was the best live band/live show in 2009?” I tried and I [...]

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