Gwen Stefani has revealed that she will be returning to her ska and reggae roots on her new album. In an interview on BBC's The One Show Gwen recalled when she first discovered ska music when she was 13 years old, thanks to British band Madness, and will incorporate the sound into her forthcoming album, due out later this year. "When I was 12 or 13 I got introduced to Madness by my brother.
It was all about anti-racism and ska and unity," she said. "That really was the whole reason we started a band. "[Ska] was kind of the idea behind this record, which was about going back to my roots, and basically disocvering why I got into music in the first place - what defined me and what made me feel like I'm meant to do something in this world.
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