Welcome to Hemp Republic is like comparing Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Kaya and Survival albums. Kaya was seen as a lighter album of which Marley was roundly scored by fans and critics alike for ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Beverley Kelso, the only surviving member of the original Wailers group with reggae icon Bob Marley, celebrated her 77th birthday on Monday at Culture Yard in Trench Town ...

Josh Duvall, co-owner of MoJo’s Island Records, explains on April 7, 2025, why Bob Marley and the Wailers "Catch a Fire" album was pulled from the shelves after its release in the 1970s at the ...

As ski season comes to an end, Great Knight productions is closing things out in style at Steamboat Resort with the final ...

She befriended Cuban-born singer Rita Anderson, apparently convincing her young friend to go ahead with her marriage to the then-young musician Bob Marley. That relationship eventually led to ...

“EASY SKANKING” by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1978) Choosing one Bob Marley ... I mean, “Easy Skanking” is the lead track on his 1978 album Kaya, and it is followed on the album by ...

Later the same year, Nash scored a Top 15 hit in both the UK and the US with his recording of Bob Marley’s song “Stir It Up.” The American star brought the Wailers over as a support act on ...

Reggae took inspirations from existing genres like mento, ska, soul and rocksteady. In fact, when Bob Marley and the Wailers came together in 1963, they initially performed ska and dancehall tunes.

When he finally landed upon the music of Bob Marley and The Wailers, who had recently been unfortunate to lose out on another offer, they would strike up a deal to write Catch a Fire in an incredibly ...

Undeterred, Marley went on to form Bob Marley & The Wailers and achieved global recognition with songs like “No Woman, No Cry” in 1974. This was just the beginning. The music he created with his band ...

A powerful call to action, Bob Marley’s ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ continues to resonate with those struggling to overcome oppression. There’s a reason why The Wailers’ “Get Up, Stand Up ...