The ska and reggae vet may be exploring new musical paths, but he remains true to his rhythmic roots.   As an aspiring drummer, reggae and ska stalwart Korey Horn received a piece of advice from his father, jazz singer Kim Horn, that he’s been mulling over ever since: “If you want to be a professional musician, you have to know how to play everything.” Despite the ironclad logic inherent in this music-biz insight, Horn closed his mind to such matters. “I fought my dad on that point,” Korey says. “I wanted to be a punk drummer; I wanted to be a ska drummer.” Horn has spent a great deal of his professional career attempting to perfect his approach to ska, reggae, and rocksteady grooves, performing with artists such as the Aggrolites, Hepcat, Rhythm Doctors, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid. In fact, his playing style became so synonymous with Jamaican […]

February 2013 Issue