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BUNNY WAILER’S “BLACKHEART MAN” ALBUM CELEBRATES ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY!
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL— Bunny Wailer— Forty years ago when Island Records released Blackheart Man, Bunny Wailers’ outstanding debut album, reggae was still underground music in the United States. On his last extended tour of that country in 1996, a new generation of Americans had discovered his music. It is likely some of them are taking in his current ‘Blackheart Man Spring US Tour’. Thirteen of the mainly club dates have been completed. This evening, the 69-year-old Wailer is scheduled … Read entire article »
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JAMAICA’S MUSICAL INFLUENCE IS VERY STRONG IN BRAZIL!
By Shereita Grizzle— Jimmy Cliff— Reggae music was birthed in the trenches of Kingston, Jamaica, but today it has evolved into a universal language, a world music, loved and respected across the globe. The music has become such a powerful tool that it has transcended geographical boundaries and has crossed language barriers to connect people worldwide. It has become so popular that there are many artistes outside of Jamaica who are now making reggae music, including artists from the Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil. With the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio, Brazil, in exactly 100 days, The Gleaner sought to catch up on the country’s entertainment scene, focusing specifically on the influence reggae music has had on that nation. Any simple research conducted into the culture of Brazil, particularly music, will show traces and influences of reggae. Bob … Read entire article »
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BOB MARLEY’S MAJOR LABEL FLOP, 1972’s “REGGAE ON BROADWAY!”
Bob Marley in the studio during the sessions for Johnny Nash’s I Can See Clearly Now No, it’s not a musical—praise Jah—but a curiosity in Bob Marley’s catalog: 1972’s “Reggae on Broadway” was Marley’s first and only single on CBS, recorded and released before Chris Blackwell signed the Wailers to Island. Intended to break Marley as a solo artist in the UK, the single “sank like a stone,” according to biographer Timothy White. But imagine how Marley’s career might have been different if this fairly conventional rock/soul tune, adorned with screaming fuzz guitar and horns, had been a hit. “I’m in the mood / to give you some food.” Bob Marley and Johnny Nash in the studio Marley worked with Johnny Nash in Sweden and England during the early 70s, and he participated … Read entire article »
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THE STUDIO ONE LABEL LAUNCHES ITS REISSUE SERIES WITH THE WAILERS’ DEBUT ALBUM!
By Benjamin Boles— Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One label had an enormous impact on reggae, ska, dub, rocksteady, and dancehall, and helped launch the careers of artists including Bob Marley, The Maytals, The Skatalites, and more. Original copies of many of their releases go for big money on Discogs, but soon you’ll be able to buy new re-pressings of many of the label’s classics, as Yep Roc Music Group has partnered with Dodd’s daughter Carol on a series of reissues. The first release will be the Wailers’ 1965 debut album The Wailing Wailers, including the original ska version of “One Love,” which Bob Marley later re-recorded for his 1977 album Exodus. They’ll be following that up with Money Maker, one of the rarest records in the Studio One back catalogue, featuring songs from The … Read entire article »
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THE HEIRS OF PETER TOSH ARE STILL AT WAR OVER ROYALTIES!
by Julia Marsh— Peter ToshPhoto: Getty Images Heirs of late reggae great Peter Tosh are warring over his royalties — and the rights to negotiate a lucrative deal with Bob Marley’s estate, according to a new lawsuit. Tosh’s cousin Pauline Morris, of Manhattan, is suing his daughter, Niambi MacIntosh, of Boston, over approximately $300,000 in yearly fees. Morris claims she’s due half of Tosh’s royalties per a 1994 agreement with his estate. Morris, 57, says Niambi, 34, has also … Read entire article »
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A NEPHEW OF BOB MARLEY BRINGS ATTENTION TO PAINFUL CONDITION THROUGH FILM, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA!
By Ashley Yore— Autoplay: Imagine being in constant pain, without a cure in sight. It’s a health condition many people in Tampa Bay are suffering with, often times in silence. One local man is giving them a voice. “It feels like all of your bones are being crushed, that your skin is on fire,” Laura Lee Novak of Land O’ Lakes said. She’s living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS, a chronic condition without a cure. Doctors said it can start in a limb, then spread, and causes damage to nervous systems. “It’s called the suicide disease because the pain is so intense you can’t imagine that kind of relentless pain,” Novak said. Novak is one of the patients featured in a documentary shot here in Tampa Bay, “Trial by Fire.” Charles Mattocks, nephew of Reggae legend Bob … Read entire article »
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ZIGGY MARLEY AND WIFE ORLY, WELCOME FOURTH CHILD AND HONOR BOB MARLEY IN BABY’S NAME!
By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER— Bob Marley’s son Ziggy and his wife have welcomed their fourth child together. Ziggy Marley, 47, and his wife Orly Agai already have daughter, Judah, 10, and sons Gideon, nine, and Abraham, five, together. They recently welcomed their latest addition into the world with son Isaiah Sion Robert Nesta Marley. A representative for Ziggy confirmed the birth, telling E!: ‘Ziggy Marley and his wife Orly welcomed their fourth child, Isaiah Sion Robert Nesta Marley, on Monday, March 14th in Los Angeles. ‘All are healthy and happy,’ the statement said. Ziggy and Orly made a nod to his father, whose full name was Robert Nesta Marley, when choosing their latest son’s name. Isaiah’s last three monikers are the same as the late music legend who died aged 36 of cancer. Growing family: Orly and Ziggy are … Read entire article »
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BOB MARLEY TREATED LIKE A GOD? DENNIS BROWN TREATED LIKE A DOG?
By socialyaad— – It’s despicable, disgusting and disgraceful the way the memory of the late great Dennis Brown has been treated by Jamaica, both in the public and private sectors. Once again the concert planned to honor the prince of reggae has been postponed. The month of February, which is the birth month of Dennis Brown came and went without any tribute being done in the memory of one of Jamaica’s great sons. Instead we are being told that just like last year, the concert to honor the prince of reggae has been postponed. At the same time, hundreds of events were done in memory of Bob Marley, who was also born in February. Of course the king of reggae is deserving of all that is done in his memory but the prince … Read entire article »
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CEDELLA MARLEY, THE FIRST BORN MARLEY MATRIARCH – TALKS BUILDING A GLOBAL BRAND!
Cedella Marley STORY: DOREEN ST. FÉLIX PHOTO: BRAD OGBONNA The sound of Cedella Marley‘s name bears the double weight of matrilineal and patrilineal memory, as if her parents had arranged her name with rhythm and acoustics in mind. It’s known that in 1967, in Kingston, Jamaica, a young Bob Marley named his first child after one of his own great mentors: his mother. Forty-eight years later, Cedella Marley walks across the living room floor of her home in … Read entire article »
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