Forty years on, Bob Marley’s rich legacy thrives
It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. Yet Marley lives
It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. Yet Marley lives
Jamaica is bidding to have reggae music admitted to a list of global cultural treasures worthy of protection.
The title track of Xavier Rudd’s latest album was inspired by a pelican he saw while sitting by a river sipping tea. The water bird reminded him of Mr. Percival,
We were eating chicken wings at Malugay when we heard the ocean. Not the gentle rush of waves on a beautiful night smelling of saltwater and vacation but the sound of reggae emanating from the walls of The Collective. It was late but our hearts thudded with the music and decided to check where the music was coming from. A party was in full blast in B-Side, no door fee, and we were welcomed by the piercing cry of the trumpet, a voice persuading us to dance to Bob Marley challenging the calm of a Sunday night.
SO IF Kanye West is supposed to be the biggest contemporary music artist to perform in Manila—in a festival dubbed “Paradise,” along with 19 other mixed-genre acts, on April 9—then why does it seem like there’s no mad rush for tickets?
Bruno Mars’ time onstage at his Mall of Asia Arena concert last week felt much too short. In retrospect, his work as a singer-songwriter is so awesome that we were just aching for him to sing all the tracks from his two albums (2010’s “Doo-Wops and Hooligans” and 2012’s “Unorthodox Jukebox”), plus the single “It Will Rain” (from the soundtrack of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn— Part 1.” It was highly unlikely, but fans can dream.
With the likes of Jimmy Cliff and Joss Stone playing, it’s the rare music aficionado who can resist the song of the siren beckoning.
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