31 Oct The Braces Mini Revival
Wohin man sieht, nur runde Geburtstage von Ska-Bands ...
04 Jul Ska Album – The Braces – With A Heart Full Of Ska – An Offer Not To Be Missed
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...
13 Apr Six Songs From The Joe Scholes Solo Set At The Sternhagel, March 31th 2012
When the Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation set up a show at the Sternhagel in Cologne to present their first 7"-single, Fischa (from JRRF) asked me if I wanted to play a few songs before. I said "Of course, man." Here's a recording. Not all the...
23 Jan Thank you for making The Best Ska Rocksteady Early Reggae Album 2011 Poll happen
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...
17 Nov Lately I’ve been thinking
„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...
02 Nov The Ska Album Giveaway Series May 2011 – Winner Sends Thanks
Every time I send out the prize of a Joe Scholes Ska Album Give Away, I ask the winners to send back a photo. Of course, the winners could just walk away and say: „It’s my prize, now leave me alone.“ Others might just not have...
02 Jul The Ska Album Giveaway Series May 2011 – Winner Sends Thanks
Every time I send out the prize of a Joe Scholes Ska Album Give Away, I ask the winners to send back a photo. Of course, the winners could just walk away and say: „It’s my prize, now leave me alone.“ Others might just not have...
29 Apr Fond Memories From The 1st London International Ska Festival in 1988 – Part 2
An interview with Chris Hunt Whenever „the media“ wanted to talk to us, we didn’t decline their offers. Partly because there was not much opportunity to do so. Where we came from, writers interested in Ska bands were a rare species. Either you took your chance...
15 Apr Fond Memories From The 1st London International Ska Festival in 1988 – Part 1
In many respects I was at the high point of my musical career when the London International Ska Festival took place in December 1988. I was 22 years old, the first album of my band The Braces had just been recorded and would be released...
09 Dec How The Braces Got Blackmailed Into Their First Album Deal (And Enjoyed Every Minute Of It)
This post is part of the Ska Memoirs series. Today I would like to take you back to my hometown Krefeld in the summer of 1988. My mother speaks English fairly well. She can easily impress her family and friends when reciting a monologue from...