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....
Guess what I found The other day I found a case with a bunch of CDs. All copies of the latest release of my (former) band The Braces: „With A Heart Full Of Ska“. The case was sitting right under my bed. The album had been...
With 1049 votes Desorden Publico from Venezuela were the winners of the Best Album 2011 poll at joescholes.com. In fact, it was a homerun. Hollie Cook on No. 2 received less than half their votes. After the poll ended Desorden Publico's bass player Jose Chacin sent out a...
Lots of thanks to everyone who participated in the „Best Ska Rocksteady Early Reggae Album 2011 Poll “ at joescholes.com. Thanks for producing that music, promoting it, joining in the fun of the poll, sharing it, simply voting and giving shout outs in the comments...
„Is joescholes.com today what I want it to be?“, is the question that keeps coming up on my mind. I’m not going to tell you what my answer is. Even asking the question tells me I have to change things. Rewind A slightly uneasy feeling was there...
When you look at today’s Ska world, you see two major trends. New bands either go the traditional route, dig deep in the Jamaican tradition and come up with Rocksteady, Ska Jazz, Early Reggae and such. Or they mix Ska with Punk and speed it...
You may already know what Dallax said in the interview with Joe Scholes on their tour in June 2011. The text has been published in two parts here and here. The last missing part was the video report I promised earlier and am happy to...
This is part 2 of the interview I did with Numb und Pe from Dallax at the beginning of their "Heart Storming" tour 2011 through Germany. Dallax talk about a bunch of interesting things: for example the best new Japanese Ska bands you might not...
[caption id="attachment_2422" align="alignleft" width="480" caption="The new Dallax album "Heart Storming""] [/caption] These guys from Tokyo are tougher than tough. Just a few months after a horrible earthquake hit Japan and with fears of a nuclear catastrophe still present, the Skacore masters Dallax jumped on a plane to...
I'm glad to say that the next step at joescholes.com has been taken. The first video report is online, with live scenes from the absolutely brilliant Danish Ska/Rocksteady band Babylove & The Dangos and an interview with the guys. Many thanks to my good friend Gregor (former organ...
