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"Free entry! Ya Freshness lets rip on the original rudeboy boss sound with a proper authentic, highly danceable take on classic Jamaican ska and UK two-tone culture. Expect ecstatic live energy, skanking feet, skronking brass and lyrical calls for unity. Essential FFO: the Skatalites, Prince Buster, the Special, Madness etc."
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A gig held at The Canteen on Friday 30th August. The event starts at 22:00.
Free entry!*
SKANK IN STYLE TO THE EXULTANT SOUNDS OF SKA.
It's party time. With explosive feel-good energy and true soul, rude boy singer Ya Freshness (Godfrey Green) and his top ranking outfit lets rip with a thrillingly original take on 60s and 70s ska.
Its glorious uptempo sound is a bustling carnival of stabbing horns, rollercoaster keys, relentless guitar hooks, killer choruses, unbeatable beats and a sense of boisterous bonhomie. A blur of legs, arms, pork pie hats and tonic suits, the band is a frantic mass of kinetic energy, its members suddenly springing into life, leaping up and down, rushing backwards and forwards across the stage.
Featuring striking modern state-of-the-nation smashers celebrating the glorious sound that energised a generation, this is an off-beat, full-tilt, socially charged, proudly multicultural, dance-crazy sound that embodies the get-up-there-and-do-it spirit.
Listen to ska and live a better life in seconds.
'So real … it's got so much life; it's the most vital music in the world.'
David Bowie
*£6 after 9:30pm
Entry requirements: 18+
SKANK IN STYLE TO THE EXULTANT SOUNDS OF SKA.
It's party time. With explosive feel-good energy and true soul, rude boy singer Ya Freshness (Godfrey Green) and his top ranking outfit lets rip with a thrillingly original take on 60s and 70s ska.
Its glorious uptempo sound is a bustling carnival of stabbing horns, rollercoaster keys, relentless guitar hooks, killer choruses, unbeatable beats and a sense of boisterous bonhomie. A blur of legs, arms, pork pie hats and tonic suits, the band is a frantic mass of kinetic energy, its members suddenly springing into life, leaping up and down, rushing backwards and forwards across the stage.
Featuring striking modern state-of-the-nation smashers celebrating the glorious sound that energised a generation, this is an off-beat, full-tilt, socially charged, proudly multicultural, dance-crazy sound that embodies the get-up-there-and-do-it spirit.
Listen to ska and live a better life in seconds.
'So real … it's got so much life; it's the most vital music in the world.'
David Bowie
*£6 after 9:30pm
Entry requirements: 18+