"I've loved it (ska, rocksteady) ever since I was a kid. So when I got older and wanted to read about ska and rocksteady, there was nothing," she said. "Here in the US, there are books on everything, from teenage vampires who battle zombies, to how to knit your dachshund a bumblebee costume. So I couldn't figure out why this incredibly prolific era of music, and this incredibly influential era of music, was not properly chronicled. I decided to make that my life's mission."
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