Soul Ska

Name: Soul Ska
Start: 2025-10-31T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 19 Corte Madera Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941

Schedule

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

19 Corte Madera Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941 | Mill Valley, CA

Soul Ska
Doors: October 31, 2025 7:00 PM
Formed in 2014, Soul Ska is a Bay Area collective with afresh take on the classic ska/rocksteady idiom. The 10 piece band iscomprised of veteran members of Bay Area bands such as Vinyl,Stymie the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, The Right Time, Albino!, ElRadio Fantastique, Jethro Jeremiah Band and more. Drawing equallyfrom the original Jamaican first wave as well as the British secondwave the band’s rootsy, upbeat sound leans heavily on vocal harmonyand a three-piece horn section. Soul Ska has become a NorthernCalifornia festival favorite, playing rousing sets at Sierra NevadaWorld Music Festival (Mendocino), Ocean Beach Fest (SF), SummerArts Music (Humboldt), Fairfax Festival and more. Soul Ska has had the pleasure of supporting suchlegendary acts as Yellowman, Don Carlos, Capleton, Zulu Spear, IsraelVibrations, Fishbone, Third World and more. In 2017 Soul Ska teamedup with The English Beat at SF's Independent and bandleader DaveWakeling called the band “Simply smashing!” in 2018 a sold-out GreatAmerican Music Hall crowd celebrated the release of their debutalbum “Propaganda” produced by David Simon Baker (ALO/JackieGreene). Their new music video 'Mean Curries” (avail on YouTube)was produced by Agent Ogden (Primus). In 2018 Soul Ska teamed up with the Godfather of Ska andlegendary Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin for the smash hit“Lover’s Melody” (released on vinyl 12”). Angelo Moore of Fishboneis a frequent guest onstage and recorded the single “Mash Em SmashEm” with the band in 2019. Soul Ska proudly supported NYC'slegendary Slackers on their 2019 West Coast tour. Soul Ska was awarded “Best Band” in 2020 + 2021by the Pacific Sun Magazine’s Reader’s Poll.
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