As anyone who calls themselves a fan of bands like Fat Freddy's Drop and The Black Seeds will tell you, New Zealand music has in some ways always been indebted to traditional Jamaican sounds.
Another genre that was heavily influenced by these sounds was 2 Tone Ska music, which rose to prominence in the 1980s in England - and that's the focus of today's music feature.
To play some tracks and provide some context ethnomusicologist and Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Auckland Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Jesse.
Dr Kirsten Zemke Photo: Auckland University
