What drives a musician to play music overtly rooted in traditional ska and rocksteady? And how do they honor those roots while simultaneously giving it a contemporary flavor? This week on In Defense of Ska, Jeremy Peña of The Bandulus talks about he sought to do just that with the band's new record Tell It Like It Is.
Both lush and raw, rickety and tight, Peña walks the hosts through the recording of the album, the thought process behind the songwriting, and the influences that went into the record. Before he can get to where he is now, however, he has to explain where he comes from.
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