Forbes

Bob Marley Debuts A New Hit On A Very Unlikely Billboard Chart

UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 01: Photo of Bob MARLEY; Bob Marley performing live on stage at the Brighton Leisure Centre (Photo by Mike Prior/Redferns) Bob Marley has been the king of Billboard’s reggae ...
Uproxx

From ‘One Love’ To ‘One Dance’: The Erasure Of Reggae Music’s Social And Political Commentary Roots

Without question, Jamaica’s greatest export is reggae music, as embodied by the genre icon Bob Marley. Even if you’ve never had the fortune to visit the Caribbean country, Marley’s influence can be ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Redemption dance: Festival uses Bob Marley’s music to highlight homophobia

Get up, stand up! Stand up for gay rights! A Caribbean dance festival springing into Dumbo on June 11 will use the music of Bob Marley to call out anti-gay attacks on the musician’s home island. The ...
The Washington Post

‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man

The Bob Marley of “Marley,” the new bio-musical forged from the life and artistry of the Jamaican reggae legend, is a tough guy to get a handle on. Stoic, unforthcoming, introspective, he isn’t minted ...
The Washington Post

‘Marley’ rising up in Baltimore

This morning I woke up in a curfew. / Oh, God, I was a prisoner, too. — Bob Marley, "Burnin' and Lootin' " That's what artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah was listening to April 28 as he drove to ...