The Wailers News

Stirring up an exhaustive portrait of the legend behind the music, Kevin Macdonald 's Marley is sure to become the definitive documentary on the much beloved king of reggae.

After sizing up the crowd at Emancipation Park, New Kingston, on Sunday night for Bob Marley's 67th birthday concert, Ibo Cooper made an appeal for the creation of a space where people can be accommodated to listen to music.

People get ready; Monday marks Bob Marley's birthday and celebrations are set to kick off at 8 p.m. at Saint Rocke with a tribute show by One Drop Redemption , according to the venue's website .

In the 31 years since his untimely death, Marley still remains the most-popular figure in Reggae music.

When you hear the name Bob Marley you may think of his long hair dreads or ganja, but Bob Marley played a major role in the evolution of music than you may know of.

With February being Reggae Month there is no shortage of musical events, but there is one series where the spoken work will take centrestage.

One band, unsigned, is all the rage down in New York City. Another, put together while its members were all at SUNY-New Paltz, has backed members of the original Wailers: that legendary 1960s Jamaican band that launched much of what we now know as reggae music.

A subject normally covered in Rolling Stone Argentina . The world of raggae music is preparing to celebrate the memory of the legendary raggae singer Bob Marley on what would be his 67th birthday on Monday.

BOB Marley was always concerned that he never made it big in the United States. In fact, his last tour of that country in 1980 was supposed to be his most ambitious, but it was cancelled after doctors discovered he had a brain tumour.

When you hear the name Bob Marley you may think of his long hair dreads or ganja, but Bob Marley played a major role in the evolution of music than you may know of.

The month of February is just three days away and romantic lovers, music lovers and the culturally conscious are preparing themselves in various ways, depending on their individual persuasions and aspirations, for the many events and anniversaries that dominate that month.

Reggae singer Alpha Blondy, one of the world's leading voices in the genre, will begin a four date concert in Argentina, with a first show in Mar del Plata nightclub GAP on Sunday.

The Sim Redmond Band. From left, Nate Silas Richardson, Asa Redmond, Dan Merwin, Sim Redmond, Jordan Aceto, and Jen Middaugh.

An ongoing music buzz is assuredly nothing new among the Music Row set whose movers 'n' shakers keep the country industry humming along nicely for us all, thank you very much.

I saw The Wailers once before, when I was 15 years old. Someone handed me a joint the size of a banana on the dance floor and I filed that thrill next to the first time I hit a home run on the baseball field.

Tomorrow's Bad Seeds bring their "Spread the Seed Tour" to the Maintenance Shop on Thursday, January 26.

Moe's Alley hosted the legendary Wailers on Saturday January 14th. Together with Bob Marley, they have sold over 250 million records worldwide in the entirety of their journey as a band.

The longest, hardest, and most consistently working artiste in the history of the Jamaican music industry is the Empress of reggae music, Marcia Griffiths, OD.