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Marley Brothers upholds father's legacy with first tour in 2 decades
Read full article: Marley Brothers upholds father's legacy with first tour in 2 decadesBob Marley’s musical legacy of harmony and peace has hit the road with his sons bringing their late father’s timeless message to life in a multi-city tour.
In ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film, what's his faith? And why is marijuana deemed holy to the Rastafari?
Read full article: In ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film, what's his faith? And why is marijuana deemed holy to the Rastafari?Exceeding expectations, the biopic “ Bob Marley: One Love ” has been a box-office hit in the United States and several other countries.
'Bob Marley: One Love' stirs up $27.7M weekend, 'Madame Web' flops
Read full article: 'Bob Marley: One Love' stirs up $27.7M weekend, 'Madame Web' flopsParamount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend.
How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
Read full article: How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae legend Bob Marley’s life into a movie.
Bob Marley's daughter is lauded as the 'fairy godmother' of the Jamaican women's team
Read full article: Bob Marley's daughter is lauded as the 'fairy godmother' of the Jamaican women's teamThe daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley is the “fairy godmother” of the Jamaican players at the Women’s World Cup.
In Steve McQueen's 4-hour Cannes entry 'Occupied City,' Holocaust past meets Amsterdam present
Read full article: In Steve McQueen's 4-hour Cannes entry 'Occupied City,' Holocaust past meets Amsterdam presentIn “Occupied City,” a young woman with an even voice narrates Nazi encounters and crimes throughout Amsterdam during World War II.
Q&A: Ludwig Göransson talks Rihanna, Mayan music, new series
Read full article: Q&A: Ludwig Göransson talks Rihanna, Mayan music, new seriesLudwig Göransson is returning to the Oscar spotlight through his work on Rihanna's “Lift Me Up,” which is nominated for best original song at the ceremony on March 12.
Bob Marley immersive experience to land in US next year
Read full article: Bob Marley immersive experience to land in US next yearA massive immersive experience celebrating Bob Marley is heading for its U.S. premiere early next year, complete with photographs, lots of music and even a pair of the reggae giant’s footwear.
Olympian Marcell Jacobs takes fashion break with Dsquared2
Read full article: Olympian Marcell Jacobs takes fashion break with Dsquared2Caught between the pandemic and war in Europe, Milan luxury fashion designers on Friday open four days of mostly menswear previews for next spring and summer in a challenging economic climate.
Jamaicans shun UK royal visit, demand slavery reparations
Read full article: Jamaicans shun UK royal visit, demand slavery reparationsDozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony.
Prince William, Kate try to boost UK bonds on Caribbean trip
Read full article: Prince William, Kate try to boost UK bonds on Caribbean tripPrince William and Kate are embarking on a tour to Central America and the Caribbean, even as some countries in the region mull cutting ties to the British monarchy.
Weah's goal gains US bumpy 1-1 draw at Jamaica in qualifier
Read full article: Weah's goal gains US bumpy 1-1 draw at Jamaica in qualifierTim Weah’s 11th-minute goal was matched by Michail Antonio’s spectacular 34-yard strike in the 22nd minute, leaving the United States with a 1-1 draw against Jamaica in a World Cup qualifier.
Juanes visits the origins of his inspiration in 10th album
Read full article: Juanes visits the origins of his inspiration in 10th albumAfter experimenting with different types of music, Juanes returns to his roots with “Origen,” a covers album in which he pays tribute to the most influential artists in his life and career.
Treasure trove of rock memorabilia includes Kurt Cobain hair
Read full article: Treasure trove of rock memorabilia includes Kurt Cobain hairGuitars from Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith as well as autographed memorabilia from The Beatles and even strands of hair from Kurt Cobain are some of the highlights of an online rock ‘n’ roll auction that ends over the weekend.
'Concrete Cowboy' shows Philadelphia's Black cowboy culture
Read full article: 'Concrete Cowboy' shows Philadelphia's Black cowboy culture“Concrete Cowboy,” an urban Western about African American riders in Philadelphia starring Idris Elba, is about an often unseen — and persisting — Black cowboy culture. “Concrete Cowboy" is a father-son drama set around Fletcher Street Stables, one of the oldest and last-remaining of Philadelphia's hardscrabble inner-city stables. But through tenacity and improvisation, Fletcher Street has remained a cherished refuge and an ardent pastime for both kids and adults on the streets of Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion. “It didn’t occur to me until the Bob Marley song ‘Buffalo Soldier,’ which opened my interest about Black cowboys. They’re trying to raise money for an equestrian center and to convince Philadelphia government officials that the Fletcher Street heritage is worth preserving.
Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73
Read full article: Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, legalization advocate and reggae legend Bunny Wailer smokes a pipe stuffed with marijuana during a "reasoning" session in a yard in Kingston, Jamaica. Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)KINGSTON – Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving founding member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica. “This is a great loss for Jamaica and for Reggae, undoubtedly Bunny Wailer will always be remembered for his sterling contribution to the music industry and Jamaica’s culture,” he wrote. ″I think I love the country actually a little bit more than the city,″ Wailer told The Associated Press in 1989.
Natiruts, Marley, Aparicio sing for unity of the Americas
Read full article: Natiruts, Marley, Aparicio sing for unity of the AmericasThis image released by Sony Music Brazil shows cover art for the single for America Vibra, a trilingual song featuring Ziggy Marley and the Academy-Award nominated actress Yalitza Aparicio. “América Vibra” was released Wednesday — the day of President Joe Biden's inauguration — as a nod to a new beginning. We are bridges,” recites the Oscar-nominated actress in Spanish before Marley and Natiruts vocalist Alexandre Carlo sing about social justice and environmental protection in English and Portuguese, respectively. “The purpose was the same, the unity of the Americas,” Carlo said. For the Spanish part of the song, they wanted a woman, and Aparicio, an actress and activist of Mixtec origin, provided even greater representation.
Artists sing social anthems for United Nations anniversary
Read full article: Artists sing social anthems for United Nations anniversaryThat sentiment is something that Skip Marley, a third-generation musician and grandson of reggae icon Bob Marley, has grown up knowing as well. “Music is music. The event will raise money for the Playing for Change Foundation, the United Nations Population Fund, Sankofa, Silkroad and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. It’s a spiritual experience to sing his grandfather’s songs, Marley said. “Those are the songs I first hear and the songs I first sing,” said Marley.
In McQueen's 'Small Axe,' an epic of West Indian heritage
Read full article: In McQueen's 'Small Axe,' an epic of West Indian heritageIn “Small Axe,” McQueen’s ambitious five-film anthology about London’s West Indian community, the “12 Years a Slave” director resurrects the British capital in the decades before its multicultural present, tracing the Caribbean immigrant experience through the racism of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s in order to illuminate the injustices of today. “I’d end up sleeping in a bed with coats piled on top of me when I woke up.”The first film of “Small Axe,” “Mangrove,” begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. But “Small Axe” is his first production in his native Britain. The films, themselves, became a collective; the title references a West African proverb popularized by Bob Marley: “If you are the big tree/ We are the small axe/ Ready to cut you down.”Taken together, “Small Axe” stitches together a little-known history, both intimate and sweeping, that had previously lingered on the margins and in family folklore. It was all about energy.”In a way, “Small Axe” has also carved out a space for itself in an industry traditionally inhospitable to such stories.
Jamaicans in Florida energized by Harris on 2020 ticket
Read full article: Jamaicans in Florida energized by Harris on 2020 ticketFlorida has more than 974,000 people of West Indian ancestry — a Caribbean category that excludes Hispanic nationalities such as Cuban. A conservative estimate for the number of Jamaican voters in Florida stands at 91,000, because many may not report Jamaica as their country of origin. Haitian voters are estimated at about 115,000. Shawn Myers, a voter in Broward County who is Jamaican American, said he would vote for Biden and Harris, just to unseat Trump. Omphroy said she identifies with Harris as a first-generation daughter of immigrants, and she also thinks the candidate is easy to like.
Johnny Nash, singer of ‘I Can See Clearly Now,’ dies at 80
Read full article: Johnny Nash, singer of ‘I Can See Clearly Now,’ dies at 80Johnny Nash, a singer-songwriter, actor and producer who rose from pop crooner to early reggae star to the creator and performer of the million-selling anthem “I Can See Clearly Now,” died Tuesday, his son said. Nash, who had been in declining health, died of natural causes at home in Houston, the city of his birth, his son, Johnny Nash Jr., told The Associated Press. Nash was in his early 30s when “I Can See Clearly Now” topped the charts in 1972 and he had lived several show business lives. Music is for the ears and not the age,” Nash told Cameron Crowe, then writing for Zoo World Magazine, in 1973. He had loved riding horses since childhood and as an adult lived with his family on a ranch in Houston, where for years he also managed rodeo shows at the Johnny Nash Indoor Arena.
Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance
Read full article: Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistanceNEW YORK – In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. For the filmmaker of “Hunger,” “Shame” and “Widows,” “Small Axe” is a shattering masterwork — a compendium, both damning and celebratory, of Black resilience. The only fictional tale of the bunch, it brings to vivid, pulsating life a blues party from 1980, when young London Black people found refuge, and love, at house parties. Casting “Small Axe,” he has said, was easy because of all the untapped talent just in need of an opportunity. But if anyone expecting a neat arc to “Small Axe,” McQueen says that’s not its shape.
‘Bidin’ his time': Joe Biden battles being chronically late
Read full article: ‘Bidin’ his time': Joe Biden battles being chronically late– Joe Biden was running late. When it was finally over, Biden’s motorcade sped away quickly enough to leave behind one of the journalists traveling with it. Biden's next event was already supposed to be underway, a virtual fundraiser with National Democratic Finance Chair Chris Korge. Afterward, his motorcade was already in motion but had to stop as Biden hopped out to chat up a group of firefighters. When Biden spoke at Philadelphia's Constitution Hall on Sunday, his remarks began 25 minutes late.
Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77
Read full article: Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. Hibbert even recorded an album of American hits, “Toots In Memphis,” which came out in 1988. Grammy nominations for Hibbert included best reggae album of 2012 for “Reggae Got Soul” and best reggae album of 2007 for “Light Your Light.” Hibbert was ranked No. Married to his wife, Doreen, for nearly 40 years, Hibbert had eight children, including the reggae performers Junior Hibbert and Leba Hibbert. Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert ("Toots" was a childhood nickname) was born in May Pen, Parish of Clarendon.
Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
Read full article: Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancerFILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel superhero whose Wakanda forever! salute reverberated worldwide. You dont have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. Before an auditorium full of actors, Chadwick Boseman stepped to the microphone.
New this week: Selena Gomez, Jason Sudeikis & Gloria Estefan
Read full article: New this week: Selena Gomez, Jason Sudeikis & Gloria EstefanHeres a collection curated by The Associated Press entertainment journalists of whats arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Project Power: Missing new superhero pics? Netflix has one up its sleeve in Project Power, hitting the streamer Friday. Selena Gomez is on new turf the kitchen in Selena + Chef, a 10-episode cooking series that debuts Thursday on the HBO Max streaming service. The answer may be found in Ted Lasso, a new Apple TV+ series starring Jason Sudeikis as the character he played in NBC Sports promotions for the Premier League.
Family re-imagines Bob Marley classic for COVID-19 relief
Read full article: Family re-imagines Bob Marley classic for COVID-19 reliefFILE - In this July 4, 1980 file photo, Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley performs at a reggae festival concert in Paris. The family of Bob Marley are covering his song One Love to raise money for coronavirus relief efforts. Stephen Marley, Cedella Marley and her son, Skip Marley, have joined forces to produce a new version of One Love, which will be released July 17 and will also include special guest appearances from other musicians. Not just lip service, but real action, Cedella Marley, 52, said in an interview with The Associated Press this week. Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at age 36.
George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station afire
Read full article: George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station afireProtesters gather in front of the burning 3rd Precinct building of the Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. The 3rd Precinct covers the portion of south Minneapolis where Floyd was arrested. Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said fire crews could not safely respond to fires at the precinct station and some surrounding buildings. Much of the Minneapolis violence occurred in the Longfellow neighborhood, where protesters converged on the precinct station of the police who arrested Floyd.
Author Murakami DJs 'Stay Home' radio show to lift spirits
Read full article: Author Murakami DJs 'Stay Home' radio show to lift spiritsMurakami said comparing the fight against the coronavirus to a war, as politicians often do, is inappropriate. Its not a war to kill each other but a fight of wisdom to let us all live, he said. Murakami has hosted his Murakami Radio every two months since August 2018 on Tokyo FM. Murakami began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo after graduating from university. Murakami said he worries the post-corona world may be a more closed and selfish place even if it has better protection.