BY RAHUL MALHOTRA/Collider— The music biopic has been easily out-performing ‘Madame Web’. Image via Paramount Pictures THE BIG PICTURE  Bob Marley: One Love surpasses $100 million at the global box office, outperforming superhero movies like Madame Web .  Strong audience support for the music biopic is reflected in an A CinemaScore and 92% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  Despite audience acclaim, critics have given One Love a more muted reception with a 42% score In what might be the simplest representation of how audience tastes have … Read entire article »

By Kevin Jackson/Observer Writer— Singer Tarrus Riley recalls the studio session for his multi-award-winning hit She’s Royal. “The rhythm was recorded at Tuff Gong studio and the vocal was done at Grafton Studio. Dean Fraser [the song’s producer] was not comfortable with the bass line and so it was re-recorded. The song was written in one day and it was recorded in one take,” said Riley in an interview with the Jamaica Observer on the weekend. He continued: “The overdubs … Read entire article »

John “T” Hodgson   On the evening of December 3, 1976, John “John T” Hodgson and fellow Detective Corporal Jackie Mason were driving through Half-Way-Tree when news broke that Bob Marley and members of his entourage had been shot at his Hope Road home. They were reportedly being treated at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). As he watched a dramatized version of that incident in Bob Marley: One Love, Hodgson vividly recalled the reggae star’s words … Read entire article »

Kingsley Ben-Adir, left, the star of “Bob Marley: One Love,” poses with Marley’s son Ziggy at the premiere of the film, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ biopic garnered an estimated US$80 million globally as of Sunday following its Valentine’s Day opening. According to an article by the Associated Press (AP), the film made $14 million in North America on the first day only; a record for a midweek … Read entire article »

During the 1970s, roots-reggae was a way of life in Jamaica. The militant message of artists like Bob Marley and Burning Spear appealed to the youths including Michael Eaton. A longtime resident of Staten Island, New York, Eaton longs for a return to those glory days which he plans to revive through his Eaton Music label “In di ’70s an’ ’80s yuh did have more conscious message music but di frequency change, di vibes change. Wi want … Read entire article »