Internationally-acclaimed Reggae singer, Ziggy Marley, will host a new program on American satellite radio; promoting the best that Reggae music has to offer.
Ziggy’s new monthly show, Legends of Reggae launched this past Sunday on SiriusXM satellite radio in the United States, a day prior to what would have been his legendary father, Bob Marley’s 67th birthday. The program will feature unique insights from Ziggy Marley regarding Jamaican music and culture as well as interviews and music from some of his favorite Reggae artistes. Additionally, Marley will feature some of family’s music on the new program, including music from his days with the Melody Makers as well as his Grammy-nominated album, Wild and Free.
The pilot episode of Legends of Reggae featured an interview of legendary Reggae singer, Jimmy Cliff by Marley. The episode will be rebroadcast this Friday at 6 p.m. on The Joint: Channel 42. Additionally, Marley will interview other special guests during each show.
BEIRUT: Beirut was awash in a reggae tsunami Monday evening. For one night only, Music Hall transported the audience to Jamaica, thanks to The Wailers, the world-renowned ensemble that rose to fame backing up reggae icon Bob Marley.
Even the most skeptic of spectators could not but be transformed into a reggae fan.
In honor of the occasion, the back wall of Music Hall’s stage was adorned with fluorescent graffiti and a massive portrait of Bob Marley, in tribute to the late king of reggae.
The band was cheered on by the audience as soon as they took the stage. For two hours, lead vocalists Dwayne “Danglin” Anglin and Koolant Brown sang and danced, accompanied by an outstanding ensemble of musicians and backing vocalists.
Such classics as “Natural Mystic,” “Soul Rebel” and “Rastaman Vibration” drew audience members to their feet to dance and the performers led the way with their own festive dancing.
The concert was a starburst of electrifying musical moments. The performance of guitarist Audley Chisholm was a tour de force, accentuated by reverberating guitar solos. Percussionist Anthony Watson, meanwhile, exhibited such strength and grace in his playing as to leave some spectators stunned.
When the opening notes of “Could You Be Loved” bopped from the PA system, the audience raised their arms and screamed with joy.
The Wailers truly involved their audience, with Anglin and Brown encouraging spectators to get their arms in the air, sometimes descending to the floor to join the front row.
At one point, Anglin pulled out a T-shirt bearing Marley’s effigy as the audience cheered in appreciation.
There was something almost bewitching in performance, as though they were literally channeling the spirit of their former front man in a musical incantation that intoxicated their spectators. All were made delightfully woozy by the theater’s musical vapors.
At the end of the performance, the audience cheered on the band for several long minutes, demanding more. The performers got back on stage to sing “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Is This Love” and “No Woman, No Cry” – which, Anglin dedicated to especially to “the beautiful ladies in the room.”
It was astounding to see the young and old in the audience stand for two hours of good clean fun, dancing and singing along to long-memorized lyrics.
As Anglin put it part way through the show, “It all about rastaman vibration.”
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 29, 2012, on page 16.
In Bob Marley shirts and tattoos, unorthodox mayor shakes up small Wash. town
TENINO, Wash. — Meet newly elected Mayor Eric Strawn, 35, who, on this recent Monday at the office, is wearing one of his dozen or so Bob Marley T-shirts.
The T-shirt goes well with the mayor's ponytail and arm-length tattoos that include a large feather signifying his Native-American heritage.
It goes well with the reggae music streaming out of his laptop, and the huge green, red and yellow striped flag, with crossed paddles in the middle, honoring native Hawaiians, that the mayor hung on the office wall as a memento of when he and his family lived there for five years.
In more ways than just attire, Strawn has brought a new look to the top elective office in this city of 1,600 just south of Olympia.
Strawn is shaking things up big time with the political old guard here. And the old guard, many two or more decades older than Strawn, is fighting back as only can happen in small-town politics.
Strawn was welcomed to City Hall by finding a portion of the small building barred to him by a locked metal gate, should he decide to work after-hours or on weekends when no one else was around.
That was ordered by the city's clerk-treasurer, who's not even elected but appointed, and by the previous mayor, Ken Jones, 69, who had just been voted out after two terms.
In the Nov. 8 election, Strawn got 57 percent of the vote, 249 to 188.
He had run on a platform of "bring back a feeling of community," ''a place where the citizens can be proud to call home" and "can't wait for business to find Tenino, need to seek out business FOR Tenino."
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Strawn, a Tenino native who never finished high school and works at a beef-slaughtering plant ("People ask me, 'Oh, you kill cows?' I say, 'I just cut their heads off.' It's a job that has to be done.") readily admitted to having no political experience.
But, says Strawn, "I am competent, literate and cognitive with the ability and willingness to learn."
The locals were obviously in a mood for change......
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It is only two months into the year and Ziggy Marley is already making waves. The Grammy-winning musician, actor and activist has been busy with projects spanning not only entertainment, but human rights and environment as well.
In his role as activist, Marley is one of the spokespersons for Amnesty International Benefit. Earlier this year, the musician contributed the cover version of Blowin' in the Wind on the Bob Dylan tribute album, Chimes of Freedom, for the human rights agency's 50th anniversary celebrations. He also performed Blowin' in the Wind on the Late Night Show with David Letterman, in support of the Chimes of Freedom album release.
Ziggy recently brought light to his non-musical achievements while appearing on the popular show, Last Call, with host Carson Daley. He was interviewed about touring; his new comic book, Marijuanaman; his latest album, Wild and Free; and memories of his father Bob Marley.
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The performer, donning his humanitarian cap, was also busy playing his part to protect the environment. He was interviewed for the feature in the cover story of Boulder Weekly and played at a benefit concert in Boulder, Colorado, to promote freedom from Genetically Modified Organisms as part of the GMO Free Boulder campaign.
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Additionally, Marley is looking forward to the debut of Marley, a documentary film on the life, music and legacy of Bob Marley, produced by Cowboy Entertainment and Shangri-La Entertainment.
The documentary made its world premiere at the Berlin Film festival in early February, and its United States premiere at the SXSW Film festival is set for March, with Marley himself in attendance.
Marley's new radio show Ziggy Marley's Legends of Reggae made its debut on SiriusXM satellite radio's, The Joint. His first episode aired on Sunday, February 5, one day before his late father Bob Marley's birthday, featuring an in-depth interview with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff. The monthly show airs on the Joint on the first Saturday of the month.
Marley's latest album Wild and Free was nominated for Best Reggae Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. The musician will continue working on his Wild and Free music video, to be released later, and tours.
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ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- The proposed Bob Marley restaurant was not approved by the Planning Commission because of noise issues with the outdoor music venue, so developers are revising the design as well as looking at other sites.
The 13,000-square-foot restaurant project on the north side of Ala. 182 is scheduled to go before Orange Beach City Council on April 3 for a public hearing.
The 10-acre site borders Gulf State Park and is owned by New York-based developer Mark Goldstein, who plans to build the restaurant and lease it back to developer/restaurateur Eddie Spence. A 150-room hotel and a souvenir store will be built once the restaurant is complete, according to Goldstein.
“The main issue is the noise,” said Robert Stuart, a member of the Planning Commission. There are single-family homes on the south side of Ala. 182 on the Gulf, and behind the site are cottages on the lake in Gulf State Park that park officials say would be impacted, he said.
“If you had a house there, would you want to listen to reggae music seven days a week?” Stuart said. “If they went from having an outdoor to indoor stage it would help with the noise.”
“It’s not that we don’t want them,” he said. “I’m in the lodging business. I’d love to have something there to help bring people here,” said Stuart of Sugar Sands Realty & Management.
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Spence, who co-owns 13 Shrimp Basket restaurants, has been working for months to get a licensing agreement with the Marley family to name the eatery after the late singer, songwriter and musician who is renowned for his reggae sound. Spence has said he hopes to have the agreement in place next month and start construction in the spring for a fall opening. He had no comment on the Planning Commission recommendation.
The music stage is important to the project’s developers, according to architect Forrest Daniell in Daphne. “We’re talking to an acoustics guy and he’s got some ideas for us to incorporate into the design. Tourists coming to Orange Beach want to be outside listening to music, it’s part of the atmosphere,” as opposed to being indoors in an air-conditioned building, he said.
“Orange Beach is their No. 1 choice,” for the Bob Marley restaurant, Daniell said. “If it’s turned down, they have a plan B.”
The Flora-Bama in Perdido Key, Fla., and The Hangout in Gulf Shores can direct their sound from the outdoor music to the Gulf, according to Griffin Powell, city planner for Orange Beach. “This is a tough location,” he said. “They are going to try and come up with a design that shows the sound can be contained on the site.”
Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said the simplest solution is to enclose the music stage. “We have no problem with it being here. But I don’t think anyone wants a music venue next to their home.”
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