MUSIC NEWS - The Recording Academy has announced their newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 25 recordings to a list that now includes 851 titles. The selections are drawn from all genres of music and acknowledge the diversity of musical expression. The list and recordings now reside as a collection on display at the GRAMMY Museum in L.A. The selected recordings range from 1923's ...
Hilco Consumer Capital has bought half the rights to Bob Marley's name for $20 million from his family, Wall Street Journal reports (via Gawker). The company now plans to use Marley's likeness to food items, clothing, and video games. James... There's more on this story at the following link...
Mathew Brett wrote: That's me on keyboards. I have since downsized the glasses and lost the accent. Here is the story of Natty Dread: My parents always exposed me to music and early on, I took a liking to reggae. I remember my dad used to play Bob Marley cassettes in the car all of the time. The big moment for me came around the age of ten. We were on a family trip to Jamaica and a caly...
I just got this recently and I really like it. I know some people have a thing against live recordings but I love the ones where someone is just sitting around chilling out, playing songs. This recording probably goes around torrent sites a lot but I thought I'd post one song off it for anyone who has never heard it. Song quality is not great on some other songs, but this one is pretty good. Appar
Louise Bennett-CoverleySeptember 7, 1919 - July 26, 2006Poet and broadcaster whose courageous use of patois inspired Jamaicans to take a pride in their language "Miss Lou's" style and patois have influenced modern rappers and DJs around the world (Esther Anderson/Corbis) KNOWN fondly on her Caribbean island and throughout the Jamaican diaspora as “Miss Lou”, Louise Bennett-Coverley was a
Bob Marley JA Peace ConcertAssociated PressKINGSTON, Jamaica - Four sons of Bob Marley will hold a concert promoting peace to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the musician's birth, a family spokesman said yesterday.The Feb. 10 concert, called "Smile Jamaica," will be held in the reggae superstar's birthplace of Nine Miles, in St. Ann parish, spokesman Jerome Hamilton said.The concert shares ...
Canadian PressPublished: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 * KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Bob Marley's records long ago went platinum. Now the Caribbean island nation's most famous son is being revived in gold and silver, as the Bank of Jamaica released a new round of commemorative coins bearing the late reggae superstar's dreadlocked likeness. The 1,000 gold and silver coins, which were produced by the B...
February 11, 2007Posted to the web February 12, 2007KampalaTHE Tuff Gong reggae theme night at Ange Noir discotheque has not only made one year, but also a mark as the biggest reggae night on the entertainment scene. Jamaica and the UK bowed down and came to Kampala last Saturday to celebrate the Tuff Gong night.And since Bob Marley is credited to be the father of reggae music, icon of Rastafar...
published: Daily Gleaner - Monday | October 2, 2006 The Prince of Wales, in partnership with the Government of Jamaica, is set to unveil a massive housing development plan for Trench Town, a British newspaper reported yesterday. According to the Sunday Times, Prince Charles through his architectural charity, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, has drawn up plans to redevelop the ...