Jim Finklea was running up and down the coast and across the country playing shows when I was still in diapers. He grew up in the South on a healthy diet of Hank Williams and Robert Johnson, and by ...

In a world of polished pop music, watered down punk and country music ripe for an elevator, it’s great to have musicians come along and hit you like a punch in the jaw. Someone that hollers songs and ...

Beer lovers and ska-punk fans unite: the 15th annual North Park Festival of Beers returns on Saturday, April 5, from noon to 4 p.m., and beloved local band Buck-O-Nine will perform. Held in front of ...

No one knows ska’s fickle popularity better than Buck-O-Nine, the seven-member group that this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. Ska first appeared in the ’60s with Jamaican artists such as the ...

There’s been a fast-growing amount of excitement around ska these past few years, thanks in part to so many great new bands but also to a lot of classic bands making comebacks, like San Diego ...