Peter Tosh News

During the campaign, I wrote a piece called " Why Won't Obama Talk About Columbia? - The years he won't discuss may explain the Ayers tie he keeps lying about ." So now, nearly six months into the Obama presidency, the mainstream media has finally done a bit of the candidate background reporting it declined to do during the campaign - other than in ...

It is the Fourth of July weekend and with it comes the Marin County Fair and an abundance of musical talent.

July 2, 2009 A group of street musicians from around the world that banded together in Los Angeles eight years ago and a popular band from Jamaica will share the stage at the free Twilight Dance Series Concert on the pier Thursday evening.

BOB MARLEY'S MESSAGE was a timeless one of revolution and social change that sprang from his life experiences.

Here's a riddle for you: what natural resource does Jamaica possess in such abundance that it practically oozes from the ground? Not only is it plentiful, it renews itself from one generation to the next.

Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend. Compiled by Michelle Broder Van Dyke, Kimberly Chun, Andrew Gilbert and Mosi Reeves.

Although its long-term future looks bright, the recycled PET market is under intense pressure, as prices have plummeted in the downturn WHEN REGGAE musician Peter Tosh sang "You're just a brand new second hand," in 1976, he was talking about a woman.

Cheech and Chong would be appalled. The longtime purveyors of marijuana-laced hilarity would have found little to riff on at the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Fairfax on a recent Sunday afternoon.

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer, saying he is keen to preserve his history, has released his catalogue digitally through Zojak World Wide.

HAD Bob Marley been alive, he would probably have shied away from performing at the Mannenberg Jazz Club.

That little gem, "Heights of great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight ." is always relevant and instructive.

Even as we hope and pray for peace in this country, we would do well as a people to recall the lyrics of Peter Tosh, the late great Reggae icon who pleaded for equal rights and justice.

The reggae of the Wailers, the British invasion-spiced rock of the Smithereens and the four-part country harmonies of Little Big Town will highlight the Chesapeake Jubilee, May 15-17. The 26th annual festival will be at Chesapeake City Park, 900 Greenbrier Pkwy.

AMERICAN RECORD company Shanachie Records has released a comprehensive set featuring reggae legend Peter Tosh.

AMERICAN RECORD company Shanachie Records has released a comprehensive set featuring reggae legend Peter Tosh.

Jamaican master percussionist Larry McDonald is at the heart of MCPR Music and the record labels 'Drum Fusion" project.

Note to reggae fans: There are currently two bands touring as the Wailers. The first is the Wailers Band, which was formed by Bob Marley as his backing band after the first group of the same name disbanded in 1974.

With the Specials and Madness, the Coventry label launched a musical movement that soundtracked a summer of riots with reggae and ska-influenced pop ) Too much, too young ... 2 Tone treasures the Specials.

G. Love and his band stopped in San Francisco to throw down a very buttoned up concert at the legendary Warfield Theater.

Go ahead and bust out your stoner jokes about Tom Ammiano for introducing a bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational purposes in California.