Ska originated in Jamaica in the late Fifties and combined Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and r'n'b. Ska developed in the Sixties with artists such as Prince Buster, Clement `Coxsone' Dodd, and Duke Reid who formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs.
Mick O' Shea is an established writer with books about a diverse range of acts including Guns N' Roses (The Guns N' Roses Encyclopiedia) One Direction (5 Seconds of Summer) and Amy Winehouse (A Losing Game). He has also written both fact and fiction about the Sex Pistols and punk in general.