Ziggy joining Toots & the Playing for Change Band
The Playing for Change Band will be playing with Toots Hibbert of Toots & the Maytals and Friends (including Ziggy!).
Club Nokia, Los Angeles
Friday, November 13, 2009
Please click here to check out their cover of Bob Marley's "One Love" and learn more about Playing for Change.
The Playing for Change Foundation plans to use a portion of proceeds from this benefit towards the development of a learning center in Jamaica, in conjunction with the Toots Foundation.
To purchase tickets...(read full press release)
The Store is Open!
We've got a brand new store fully loaded with all the new garb from Ziggy's latest tour!
For the opening, we're offering a 10% discount if you buy two items or more.
We hope you will browse and check it out. Please feel free to contact us with comments and suggestions.
Little Leaguers Walk Tall
Check it out... "Walk Tall", is in this video by ESPN for the Little League World Series!
Color For Ziggy
*** Thanks to everyone who sent us pictures! ***
Submissions are now closed!!
Has your child completed the coloring page that came with the Family Time CD?
Would you like to share your child's coloring with us?
Prizes will be awarded
For more details, please click here.
p.s. if you bought the CD as a digital download, we'll provide a download coloring page for you, so you can print and then color!
Family Time in the Charts
Recent results in Billboard Magazine show Family Time as #1 in Reggae.
In the Kids Audio section, it came in at #3.
Also noteworthy, under Top Independent Albums, it hit #20.
Ziggy, Ziggy, Everywhere
In support of his latest album, Family Time, Ziggy has been making many appearances.
We've compiled some images from recent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tavis Smiley Show and an in store appearance at Barnes & Noble.
It's Family Time, It's Family Time
* Miss our Mother's Day tribute? Click here to see it! *
Pictures from the Studio
Ziggy sent along some pictures from the studio to share. Progress continues on...(read full press release)
The Signed DVD Contest Decided!
Big Congrats to Brandolynne Foster, Annabelle Knight, Carol Fitzgerald, Adam Jenkins, Kimberly June, and Carl Green. They are among the ten winners of a new signed DVD!
Two more e-mails have just been mailed out...check your inbox!
Winners were drawn from those who signed up for Ziggy's newsletter or updated their information.
If you missed this contest...you are still very welcome to sign up the newsletter at any time...there just might be other special treats just for those signed up.
Mrs. Rita Marley
Ziggy's mother, Mrs. Rita Marley, is involved in many projects and charity events. In addition to participating in URGE events, she does even more through The Rita Marley Foundation.
To learn more, please click here to read her Foundation's latest newsletter.
Signed Live DVD Results soon!
For the month of October if you sign-up for Ziggy's Newsletter OR update your information, you become eligible to win a signed "Love is My Religion" Live DVD. Ten will be given away.
That's for either new sign-ups OR updaters! So even if you are already signed up for Ziggy's Newsletter, you can still add current information to be entered into the contest.
Results will be announced soon!
Mrs. Marley Visits Children's Hospital on behalf of URGE
Mrs. Marley recently made a trip to the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica.
During her visit, she met with young patients, the hospital staff, and presented a donation from Ziggy's charity, U.R.G.E.
Donations were made to the Surgical and Burnt Wards, which included:
* Truphatek Fibre Optical Laryngoscope Sets
* Blood Pressure machine
* Chairs for visiting parents and nurses
* Mayo Stand for the operating room
* Stand-mounted Sunction Pump
* Metro Basic Crash Cart for bedside treatment of emergency cases
Photos of the visit were taken by Mitzy Evans. Click here to see all the photos.
Click here to read a news article about Mrs. Marley's visit.
Visit Ziggy in the Studio
In support of Tony Bennett's Exploring the Arts Charity, Ziggy will open the doors to his studio while he's working on his next record.
This special studio visit with Ziggy is up for auction!
For more details, and to place your bid, click here.
Ziggy on Battleground Earth
Ziggy will be featured in a "pass-it-on" moment during the show, "Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee". The show is on Discovery's Planet Green this Sunday, September 21 at 10/9 central.
Ziggy and Julius Hanging Out
Ziggy the Compiler
Ziggy has compiled a collection of reggae classics called "Ziggy Marley in Jamaica". His choices include songs by Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Culture anad Toots & the Maytals, and the mega-hits "You Can Get It If You Really Want It", "Israelites", "Skylarking" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
This compilation disc will be available on July 15th, released in the states on, Tuff Gong Worldwide.
It will be available at iTunes, we'll update you with the link as...(read full press release)
Roots, Rock, Reggae & other dates announced!
The festival is on! Confirmed performers include Ziggy, Stephen and Julian. More performers will be announced soon.
The Festival will include East and West coast dates.
Click here for more festival information.
Ziggy has confirmed a few more additional dates including dates in Minnesota, California and Idaho.
Click here for Ziggy's tour dates
Winners and Favorites
Contest Winners
We'd like to send big congrats to all the winners of the "Love is My Religion" re-release contest.
The big winners are: Jeff Devlin, Chris Roberts, Julie Ferguson, Kimberly Ridgle, Troy Kasting, Noel Runions, David Silva, and Angelina Smith.
Photographer Made
Lilla Bergman shared a couple shots she took at Ziggy's show in Stockholm. We posted them on Ziggy's Flickr Gallery. Schmap Guides online saw the photo, and decided to include it in their Schmap Stockholm Guide.
Congrats to Lilla!
Ziggy's page
Ziggy has created a new page on the...(read full press release)
The DVD!
Ziggy Marley Sets a New Standard With The Release Of
LOVE IS MY RELIGION Live DVD
- In Stores February 12th -
Live Footage from an 18 month World Tour Showcases Marley at His Finest
Kingston, Jamaica (January 17, 2008) – Reggae icon Ziggy Marley releases a full-length live concert DVD on February 12, 2008. The Love Is My Religion DVD, produced by Live Nation Studios, was taped live at Los Angeles’ Avalon Theatre in December 2006. The most extensive worldwide tour of his career that wrapped in December 2007, the Avalon show and the entire LIMR World Tour...(read full press release)
Sharing the Music
Ziggy went YouTubing. He was pleased to find people doing cool stuff with his music.
So we went out searching for more, and put together a collection. We'd love to see it grow even more. Anything you'd like to share that in any way involved or was inspired by Ziggy's music is welcome here. We're always open to submissions and once a month, we'll pick our favs and send various goodies to those contributors.
Replays and Replies
Replays
For those of you with access to NBC, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno will be replaying Angelique Kidjo's performance of "Sedjedo" featuring Ziggy! Check it out on Thursday, August 16th.
Replies
Our call for first person accounts of Ziggy's shows and his influence on those who dig his music, has been answered, many times! Big thanks to all who took the time to share their stories, pictures, and artwork. The quality of response was so good, we altered our rules. Instead of giving away 8 copies of the new Bob Marley remixed CD, "Roots, Rock, Remixed", we decided to send out 12!
The Ask Ziggy Challenge ANSWERED!
Please click here to see the results!
Win a copy of Bob Marley's Roots, Rock Remixed!
We have 8 copies of Bob Marley's "Roots, Rock Remixed" to giveaway! To be entered into this contest is very easy. If you have a picture, painting, written or video account relating to Ziggy, please share it with us. Or if you'd like to create your own video for Ziggy's song "Into the Groove", you can share that too.
Read on for more details!
New Music, New Videos, New Pictures!
We've added all kinds of new ways to hear, watch and see Ziggy! Music
* We've added new tracks to the music player at Ziggy's Myspace page! Please click here to visit.
* A new version of "Ziggy Radio" is online! Please click here to give a listen.
Videos
* Thanks to the folks at BobMarley.com, we have two new videos featuring discussions with Ziggy while he was at Bonnaroo. Please click here to see them.
Pictures
* We've built Ziggy's own Flickr Photo Gallery with favs of the past, and some new ones. We're eager for your comments and contributions to make it even better! Please click here to view Ziggy's new gallery.
Podcasting Ziggy
Quite a few options to hear Ziggy in podcasts these days.
1) The Dawn and Drew Show
Ziggy did and extensive interview with podcasters Dawn and Drew a few weeks ago and the day has finally arrived to hear it!
Please click here to listen to the interview!
2) Ziggy Radio
Today we unveil the first episode of Ziggy Radio. We put together the first show ourselves, featuring three of Ziggy's songs and some other cool stuff we found. We hope to have your suggestions and contributions for the next one.
Please click here to listen to Ziggy Radio!
3) The Podsafe Music Network
Are you a podcaster? Do you want to be? Ziggy has uploaded "Into the Groove" to the podsafe music network meaning other podcasters can play it on their shows.
A coupla things...
Please click here to check Ziggy's Calendar
2) Thank you Natalie! In our mail just recently, we received a donation for Ziggy's charity, U.R.G.E., from Natalie Baxter. Many thanks for your contribution!
Update: yet another donation check arrived! This one from Mr. D Breaux. Thanks Mr. Breaux!
The Ask Ziggy Challenge - Stage Two!
Wow, what a flood of questions! 70 found their way to the site, and we can only pass along three to Ziggy. Only three!
Now the hard part, which three?
We've narrowed the field down to 22 questions. This was a very difficult process, but 70 questions would have been a few too many.
Stage two entails selecting three from 22. Your input is needed!
Click here to see the questions and leave your comments.
What is it like to interview Ziggy?
Recently, two podcasters, Dawn and Drew, had the opportunity to talk with Ziggy.
The interview will be available June 1. Their experience of interviewing Ziggy is available now.
They also provide some teasers of many surprises we have lined up for June - including the opportunity to win tickets to one of Ziggy's June shows.
Click here to check out their tale of interviewing Ziggy....(read full press release)
The Ask Ziggy Challenge
Would you like to ask Ziggy a question?
Okay, but consider this...Ziggy has been answering question after question most of his life.
So the challenge. Can you ask Ziggy a question, a good, respectful question, that has not been asked of him before?
If you think you have a good one, please use the comments link below to post it.
Once your question is posted, everyone else is free to note if it has already been asked. And everyone is free to rate your question.
In a few weeks or so, we'll decide the three...(read full press release)