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	Podcast:		Witness: Witness Archive 2015
	Episode:		The Origins of Ska Music
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:09:06
	Publish Date:		2015-09-21 02:50:00
	Description:		Jamaica’s musicians have had a profound impact on modern music. It’s best known for Reggae, but before that came Ska. Many of the early Ska stars came from an orphanage in Kingston, The Alpha Boys school. It was run by nuns who were keen to teach the children music, but they couldn’t have known that so many of the Alpha old boys would end up on the world’s stage. (Photo: Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton playing in London. Credit: Howard Denner/Photoshot/Getty Images)
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