Tonight we’re taking a trip across the Atlantic to the fertile ska grounds of France and Spain to spotlight some of the great bands and songs that have been coming from the region as far back as the 2-Tone craze! From Spain, we highlight some of the melodic ska and roots reggae tunes with The Offbeaters and Crepitans, and the big brass sounds of Don Cosmic From France, we hear the legendary Skarface, along with more of big bouncing 3rd wave inspired tunes from Beer Beer Orchestra and Bizness, and some spitting punky-reggae from Dirty Distrct and The Internationalists. There’s so much more to hear as well, so hop on this jet plane and take a trip with me! Full Playlist: Les Leopards – Hula Hoop Oup Thorpedians – Violator Strikes Back The Offbeaters – Leaving This Train SPAIN Ruben Lopez & the Diatones – Diatone Time The Crepitans – True Love Les Liquidators – Return to Skatown The Explorers – Rock Steady Monster Rude Boy System – St. Louis Ska Bizness – Spider Ska Dirty District – L’Homme a la Tete de Chiffre Protex Blue – Already Dead The Internationalists – Kicking on the Wrong Door Beer Beer Orchestra – Rudo Duro Skarface – Wherever We’re Looking At 86 Crew – Promesses Don Cosmic – Happy Monday Banana Boats – Bom Bom L’Home Llop & the Astramats – See You in September Local or visiting NYC? Check out the upcoming shows hosted by (or featuring) DJ Ryan Midnight: 8/11 – Skadanks, Stubborn All-Stars, DJ Boogaloo Pete, DJ Ryan Midnight (DJ) 8/26 – Buford O’Sullivan and the Roosters, The End Times, Beat Stu, Jo Mercado, DJ Agent Jay, DJ Ryan Midnight (Host and DJ) 10/6 – Joker’s Republic, The Rundown Kreeps, Eye Defy (Host) 10/28 – DJ Night at Otto’s Shrunken Head Like, Subscribe, and all that Jazz! Follow DJ Ryan Midnight and the 100% Ska Podcast on Facebook and get your weekly dose of a DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio ska show by subscribing to the podcast if you haven’t already!