Hey, Zach. I appreciate the music history. Could you tell us where/when Reggae started hitting the scene? Reading your stuff on ska made me wonder at first if you'd confused it with reggae or if the terms have changed around a bit. Ska as I remembered it was late 70's, early 80's British groups putting a more pop sound to reggae music.

(anyone else remember the short-lived tv series "Police Squad". In one episode Dick Clark gets the lowdown on ska from the streetwise shoe-shine man who also sells him some anti-aging cream.)

There's no longer Soul music, it's called R & B. But R & B used to mean Chicago-styled Blues music. There's no more Rap; it's Hip-hop; which originally was a variation of rap. And the difference between Country and Western have blurred and with singers like Shania Twain, Country has gone quite pop compared to 20-30 years ago.