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Bob Marley
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Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. Over the course of his career, Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality.[6] He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms
Dominique Fils-Aimé: Jazz as Freedom, Healing, and Connection
by Steven Roby
Montreal vocalist--composer Dominique Fils-Aimé discusses music as essential as breath--something vital, grounding, and shared. In conversation, a few recurring themes emerge: freedom as the driving force of jazz, healing as the restorative power of music on the body, and connection--among people, across generations, and through history--as the quiet foundation that allows songs to travel. These ideas ...
Take Five with vocalist Diana Hamilton
by AAJ Staff
Meet vocalist Diana Hamilton I'm an instinctive artist--meaning, I didn't choose to be a singer. Singing chose me. It began during a moment of deep torment when my three-year-old son, Nairobi, was subjected to racism at a daycare in France. I had never experienced such cruelty growing up as a Black child in the Bahamas. I ...
Marley: Collector's Edition (2DVD)
by Doug Collette
Bob Marley Marley: 2 DVD Collector's Edition Tuff Gong Worldwide 2025 There have been other works devoted to Bob Marley ostensibly as comprehensive as Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald's picturesque historical film Marley. But the addition of this absorbing piece to a list including, but hardly limited to, Timothy White's print ...
Bobby Falk Group Live at Ted's
by Dean Nardi
Bobby Falk Group Live at Ted's Wilmington, NC April 25, 2025 In a spirited 90-minute show at Live at Ted's, the Dallas/Fort Worth-based Bobby Falk Group captured the hearts of both discerning jazz aficionados and the curious public to such a seamless degree as would more widely-known combos. Drummer Falk is ...
Keiji Haino / Natsuki Tamura: What Happened There?
by Mark Corroto
Unexpected one-off collaborations in creative music have often thrilled and captivated listeners, yielding results as unpredictable as they are unforgettable. Consider Embraced (Pablo Live, 1978) by Cecil Taylor and Mary Lou Williams, the genre-spanning brilliance of Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse!, 1963), or the boundary-pushing sonic landscapes of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts ...
Cymande at the Bluebird Theater
by Geoff Anderson
Cymande Bluebird Theater Denver, CO February 21, 2025 Zombies, vampires, the Phoenix bird--few bands use these as role models in formulating a career path. Actually, Cymande did not consciously decide to follow in their footsteps, but that is what happened. Cymande formed in the early 1970s in England and ...
Catch A Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition (3 CD)
By Bob Marley
Label: Island Records/UMG
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD1: Studio Album - Concrete Jungle; Slave Driver; 400 Years; Stop That Train; Baby
We’ve Got A Date (Rock It Baby); Stir It Up; Kinky Reggae; No More Trouble; Midnight
Ravers. CD2: Paris Theatre London / 24th May 1973 - Rastaman Chant; Slave Driver;
Stop That Train ; No More Trouble; 400 Years; Midnight Ravers; Stir it Up Concrete
Jungle; Get Up, Stand Up; Kinky Reggae. CD3: Sessions + Edmonton Sundown May
1973 - Slave Driver; 400 Years; High Tide Or Low Tide; Stir It Up; No More Trouble;
Stir It Up; No More Trouble; Stop That Train; Slave Driver; Get Up, Stand Up; Stop
That Train.
A Conversation with Charlie Hunter
by Jason West
This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 1999. One tends to get the impression that Charlie Hunter truly doesn't care about the big money, the acres of critics, or the international hype he receives. Perhaps this is because the 31 year-old Bay Area native is too concerned about growing as ...
Catch A Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition (3 CD)
by Doug Collette
Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch A Fire 50th Anniversary Edition is a logical extension of the 2001 Deluxe Edition of the title. Whereas that latter double-CD package included this seminal reggae record in both its original and overdubbed form, this latest exhumation from the vault includes the studio album as originally released, the complete concert ...
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