Bob Marley Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

The Upsetter Goes To Heaven

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment Adrian Sherwood, Andrew WK, Beastie Boys, Black Ark, Black Ark Studio, Bob Marley, Lee Perry, Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, RIPSubatomic Sound System, The Clash, The Orb

In the wake of his unexpected passing at age 85, we celebrate the life of Jamaican music legend Lee “Scratch” Perry and his bottomless well of recordings

Reggae Remembrance

LISTEN: Farewell, Bunny Wailer

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Jamaica, Peter Tosh, Reggae, RIP

The last surviving member of the original Wailers was 73

Dub/Reggae Remembrance Ska

Artists Remember Toots Hibbert

September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Funky Kingston, Jimmy Cliff, Keith Richards, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Reggae, RIP, Ronnie Wood, The Specials, The Who, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert, Ziggy Marley

Read remembrances from Mick Jagger, The Who, Keith Richards, Brian Eno and more and listen to our exclusive mixtape honoring the life of the man who gave reggae its name

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Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance Roots Ska

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Presents a Bob Marley 75th Birthday Megamix

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Dub, Legend, Playlist, Reggae, Reggae Music

In celebration of this landmark birthday for the reggae icon, a Spotify playlist that dives deep into his ocean of Irie

Dub/Reggae Soul

Kaya at 40

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Stephen Marley

A potent classic still informs Bob Marley’s mantra four decades on

Soul

Visiting Jimmy Cliff’s Birthplace After Thirty Years of Adoring His Music

February 14, 2018September 28, 2021 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Bad Manners, Barrington Levy, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Junior Murvin, Kanye), Madness, Paul Simonon, Sister Nancy, ska, The Clash, The English Beat, The Equals, The Harder They Come, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals

Jimmy Cliff in France, 2012 (Wiki) There’s no way to write about visiting Jamaica on a cruise ship without coming off like Michael Scott wearing a braid after his trip to Sandals. Nevertheless, my insistence, dreaded by my children, on venturing into the actual real life of these magical places we are occasionally fortunate to visit, is the most rewarding part of our trips together. While our fellow passengers are ziplining