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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS SAY BOB MARLEY’S SKIN CANCER NOT “SUN-DRIVEN!”
Bob Marley died of Acral melanoma— A rare type of skin cancer that killed reggae star Bob Marley causes distinct genetic faults not driven by the action of sunlight, research has shown. Acral melanoma most often affects the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, nail beds and other hairless areas of the skin. Unlike more common forms of skin cancer, it is not triggered by the damaging effects of ultraviolet light. Scientists at the University of Manchester analysed acral melanoma DNA from six patients and compared it with that from other types of skin cancer tumour. They found clear differences in the type of DNA damage caused. In acral melanoma it was much more common to find that large chunks of DNA had broken off and re-attached in the wrong place. Other types … Read entire article »
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IN NEW DEAL, MARLEY COFFEE TO EXPAND DISTRIBUTION ACROSS CANADA!
In this June 2009 photo Rohan Marley (right) and workers at his organic coffee farm where they produce the brand Marley Coffee, in Chepstow, northeast of Kingston. (PHOTO: AP) MARLEY Coffee has inked a deal with one of the largest independent coffee and tea manufacturers in North America — RealCup brand. The partnership will see Marley Coffee distributing single-serve capsules of coffee throughout Canada. This follows a landmark contract last year to supply Kroger and Safeway — … Read entire article »
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ZIGGY MARLEY REJECTS CALLS TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL!
By KAROLYN COORSH– “Rastafarianism has a lot to do with the Old Testament and Solomon and David and Moses, so we have a strong connection from many years back,” singer says. Ziggy Marley Photo: Karolyn Coorsh— Online pressure to boycott Israel didn’t dissuade reggae star Ziggy Marley from performing in Tel Aviv Tuesday night or on Thursday at the Return to Zion festival at Sacher Park in Jerusalem.“People say, don’t disgrace your father’s name by going to Israel and all these type of things,” the eldest son of the late musical icon Bob Marley said at a press conference Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv, referring to the negative responses he saw on Facebook and other sites upon publication of his Israel tour dates. “What I tell them is that, listen, I follow … Read entire article »
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WORLD WAR ONE: BOB MARLEY’S FATHER “NEUROTIC AND INCONTINENT!”
By Trystan Jones and Genevieve Tudor, BBC News—- Bob Marley was just 10, when his father Norval died A musical icon and one of the best-selling artists of all time, Bob Marley lived most of his short adult life in the spotlight. It was in marked contrast to his enigmatic father about whom little more is known, apart from a less than illustrious World War One record. Norval Sinclair Marley, born in the UK in 1885, was rarely talked about, even by those closest to his reggae star son. Actress Esther Anderson, who became Bob Marley’s girlfriend in the 1970s, said: “The guy didn’t exist. There was a photograph of him on a horse, a white man on a horse.” Bob himself rarely talked about his father, she said, and when he did it was … Read entire article »
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MARCUS GARVEY AND HIS INFLUENCE ON REGGAE MUSIC!
By Howard Campbell– The Rt Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey— FOR over 40 years, the work of Pan African hero Marcus Garvey has inspired many classic reggae songs. Producer David ‘Scorpion’ Harris is the latest to salute one of the 20th century’s true icons. The London-based Harris is preparing to release a series of ‘riddims’ based on Garvey’s legacy. Liberty Hall, the first of these productions, will be released just before August 17, Garvey’s birthday. This year also marks the centenary … Read entire article »
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ROCK LEGEND MICK JAGGER MEETS CHRONIXX AT NEW YORK CITY’S SUMMERSTAGE CONCERT!
Jagger comes out for Chronixx— Mick Jagger has rubbed shoulders with prime reggae talent in his time — Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and now Chronixx. The Rolling Stones frontman was in the audience for Saturday’s SummerStage concert at Central Park in New York City, which Chronixx headlined with veteran roots singer Junior Reid. Jagger, who attended the show with three of his daughters, went backstage to meet the singer after the show. The free event attracted over 5,000 fans according to Jesse Serwer, editor of the Largeup.com, a co-sponsor of SummerStage. Serwer told the Jamaica Observer that Chronixx is the breath of fresh air for which reggae has waited for nearly a decade. “He’s evidence that roots-reggae is alive and not trapped in a time warp. The last time the American mainstream paid any attention to … Read entire article »
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“DO IT FOR THE LOVE AND NOT THE FAME” WHAT STEPHEN MARLEY LEARNED FROM HIS DAD!
By Mark C. Horn— Many musical offspring have faltered under the pressure of trying to live up to the level of greatness once bestowed on their popular progeny. Stephen “Raggamuffin” Marley has refreshingly bucked those odds, and has in fact, become a modern-day legend of reggae music in his own right, and has done so for now more than three decades. What has been a big influence for the eight-time Grammy Award winner is the lesson imparted by his deceased famous father, the legendary Bob Marley: “Do it for the love and not the fame,” Stephen Marley says. The third child of Bob and Rita Marley, the 42-year-old Stephen Marley has embarked on an American tour that stops at the Mesa Amphitheatre Thursday night and will unveil tracks from his soon-to-be released fourth solo effort Revelation Pt. … Read entire article »
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BUNNY WAILER THE REGGAE WARRIOR, SPEAKS AGAIN!
Bunny Wailer says he is a survivor and the last keeper of the reggae flame, and he has little time for record companies, legal issues or stars such as Snoop Dogg Survivor: Bunny Wailer formed The Wailers in Kingston, Jamaica with his friends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh By Jim Carroll— There are certain things which get Bunny Wailer very angry, but we’ll come to them in a bit. Let’s start with the history lesson, one the man himself brandishes with great and warranted pride.Neville O’Riley Livingston is the last of the original tribe of men and women that emerged in Kingston in the early 1960s as The Wailers who is still making music. The others are either dead (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Cherry Smith) or are seemingly retired (Beverley Kelso), but Wailer continues … Read entire article »
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THE RITA MARLEY FOUNDATION ESSAY COMPETITION TO GO NATIONAL!
Rita Marley— By Shereita Grizzle– It was the first staging, and the organisers opted to test the waters by only accepting entries from four schools across the island. Papine High, Marcus Garvey Technical High, Haile Selassie High and Bob Marley Primary and Junior High Schools were named as the participating schools in the inaugural Rita Marley Foundation Essay Competition, but based on the success of the first staging, organisers have announced that come next year, the competition will be held on a national level. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony held at the Bob Marley Museum earlier this month. Obviously pleased with the success of the first staging, the foundation, while congratulating Ford and the other participants, revealed that, for the next staging of the competition, instead of a select few schools, other institutions across … Read entire article »
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DANIEL “BAMBAATA” MARLEY IS READY TO CONTINUE THE RICH MUSICAL LEGACY OF HIS FAMILY!
Daniel ‘Bambaata’ Marley By Shereita Grizzle— Rolling Stone’s Magazine considers him and cousin Jo Mersa Marley as “the next generation of musical Marleys”, the youngsters who will carry on the rich musical legacy the family has created. This is an expectation that Daniel ‘Bambaata’ Marley is more than ready to fulfil. The Gleaner managed to secure an exclusive interview with the young musician, who opened up about everything – from growing up in a musical family, to what he would be doing had he not answered his musical calling. Following in the footsteps of his father, Ziggy Marley, Bambaata is already making waves in the music industry, having served as the opening act for veteran singer Lauryn Hill at numerous shows across the United States last May. Marley described that experience as a very special opportunity. “I was able to share my noise with a … Read entire article »
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