Bob Marley

Bob Marley was the center of attention at the Apollo on Saturday night, but Lauryn Hill stole the show, as this Apollo-written recap of the event explains:This past Saturday, the Apollo Theater celebrated the 35th anniversary of reggae icon Bob Marley’s Apollo debut with two big blowout concerts…

In late October 1979, Bob Marley and the Wailers made their Apollo debut with a sold-out seven show run. These performances were very special to the band for several reasons…

The Wailers, Bob Marley’s backing band who now tours being led by longtime bassist Aston Barrett, are on tour now performing their 1979 album, Survival, in its entirety plus a set of hits afterwards…

Instrumental hip hop producer RJD2, who has a handful of solo material along with a number of collaborations with rappers in the Def Jux/Rhymesayers realm (among other things), will be celebrating New Year’s Eve in NYC with a show at Gramercy Theater (12/31) with Com Truise and Chrome Sparks (DJ)…

As others in attendance at our free screening of the documentary last week can attest, the new Bob Marley documentary, titled “Marley”, is a fine flick worth and one well worth celebrating 4/20 with, so either get to a theater near you showing the film tonight, or watch it online (not free)…

“”There is probably no musical artist who has as wide an audience internationally as Bob does,” Macdonald says. “You can find people in any country in the world, whether the Arab world or Africa or Asia, who are into Bob…

Charles Bradley at Fort Greene Park (more by BBG) SXSW, which yesterday (2/8) expanded its film line-up with a host of Midnighters and short films, is featuring numerous music films, as always, at this year’s festival…

The family of Bob Marley has refused to license any of his music for an upcoming Weinstein Co. film drama about the late reggae star even though his widow, Rita Marley, is its executive producer…

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DOWNLOAD: Paul Weller – Come on Lets Go (live on KCRW) (MP3) “U.K. rock mainstay Paul Weller will celebrate the late January release of a career-spanning boxed set with a three-night stand at New York’s Irving Plaza…