Photo by David Burnett Article via Rolling Stone Ziggy Marley knows his family would have done something big to mark his dad Bob’s 75th birthday. “Since he’s not here, we’re going to celebrate anyway,” says Ziggy, who curated a new book, Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend,...
Written by Ziggy Marley in honor of his father's seventy-fifth birthday, Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend collects more than 150 photographs that celebrate the life and influence of the forefather of reggae and one of the greatest musical and sociopolitical icons of twentieth-century pop...
Photo by David Corio (© Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd.) Article by Clive Davis, via The Times (UK) To anyone who grew up with his music, it seems hard to believe that Bob Marley would have turned 75 this year. The king of reggae was only 36...
Ziggy staged a live stream concert on Sunday where he paid tribute to his father, Bob Marley. The show was filmed in Los Angeles, CA with the help of CEEK VR, and featured partitions between performers and masks from those who weren’t singing. The concert comes...
Article by Alexei Barrionuevo via Billboard The spirit of Bob Marley was all around at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood on Tuesday (Jan. 21), as Island Records celebrated the posthumous 75th birthday of the reggae legend with a tribute performance by his grandson Skip Marley. Primary...
Photo via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Article by Chux Ohai via Punch The Bob Marley Foundation has said that arrangements have been concluded to celebrate the post-humous birthday of Jamaican reggae legend, Bob Marley, on Thursday, February 6, 2020 under the theme, ‘Marley 75: Redemption.’ The Foundation disclosed...
I like to know what’s going on in the world—I read the news online most of the time. And yeah, I was getting some news, or as I call it, half the story. But, it dawned on me that all I was being fed was...
Photos By Rick Munroe / MFN Article via Musicfestnews.com Kaya Fest was a day of conscious, uplifting roots reggae music, with an effective message that transcends all barriers of race, age, gender and creed promoting peace, love & unity. On what can be considered the most appropriate day...
Photo courtesy of Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. Article by Elizabeth Ofosuah Johnson, via Face2Face Africa With so much focus on culture, history and preservation of originality, February 2019 has been declared Golden Reggae month in Jamaica. According to the Jamaica Gleaner, the celebration was declared and launched by the...
Video Courtesy of Te Karere TV Article by Jessica Tyson, via Māori Television Jamaican reggae musician Julian Marley was welcomed with a pōwhiri at the Auckland Airport today, exactly 40 years after his father, Bob Marley, also received a Māori welcoming in 1979. The 43-year-old is visiting as part...