Topic: Bob Marley

With dreadlocks, denim and the Rastafarian colours of red, green and gold, singer Saw Phoe Kwar's homage to reggae legend Bob Marley is hard to miss as his band "One Love" strikes up in a Yangon bar. But the 42-year-old says comparisons ...
Daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley pleads guilty to growing marijuana inside Pa. homeThe youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home. The Daily Local News of West Chester reports 29-year-old Makeda Jahnesta Marley pleaded ...

Violence-torn Jamaica longs for new Marley

In Jamaica's slums, the police are feared, the gangs are fractious and the politicians are resented, but one man remains a great uniter -- Bob Marley, who grew up here in what he called the "concrete jungle." After a week of violence ...

Nas and Marley mix rap and reggae inspired by Africa

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rapper Nas has teamed up with Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley to release a new studio album and kick off a worldwide tour on Friday that bows to their African ancestry and the roots of reggae and hip ...
A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years by the reggae star's widow. Ky-Mani Marley's "Dear Dad" hit booksellers' stands February 6, when the late reggae ...

New book by son of Bob Marley triggers family row

A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years unlike his half-bothers and half-sisters, sparking a row that could trigger legal action.It has quickly become a major ...

Bob Marley's spirit lives on at Grammys

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Marley has been dead for 28 years, but his legacy lives on at the Grammys.Ziggy Marley, 41, his eldest son, picked up the fifth Grammy of his career, this time in the children's musical album category for ...

Twenty-five recordings added to Grammy Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Recording Academy on Tuesday added songs by James Brown, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong and others to its Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of titles in the collection to 851.The latest batch ...
Lawyers say aspiring rapper's note about Va. Tech-style rampage was just lyrics, not a threatJohnny Cash sang about having shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Bob Marley belted out that he had shot the local sheriff, but not ...
Bob Marley's heirs wage global war on trademark piratesComing to a store near you: "The turn to big business has stirred some grousing from die-hard fans in Internet chat rooms, who say it goes against the grain of a singer who preached ...
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