“You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin about how he developed into such an eloquent guitarist – and the 82-year-old legend knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a master.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Ernest Ranglin’s innovative guitar style help shape the evolution of ska, ...

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“We’re the Interrupters! We’re from Los Angeles, California!” the young guitarist announces over a fanfare, as the camera pulls back and reveals a four-piece band, plus a singer, and a crush of ...

The eeriest element on “Ska Cubano,” the debut release of the new Cumbancha world music label, is not the counterintuitive fusion of Jamaican ska’s scratchy, frequently manic meter with Cuba’s more ...

It’s an intriguing “what if” proposition: What if Fidel Castronever closed off Cuba from the rest of the world, and thethen-common exchange of musical ideas between Jamaica and Cuba hadcontinued?