Bob Marley Statue Reunites The Balkans

A Serbian village unveiled what it said was Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley, to promote tolerance in a region still recovering from war.Two Balkan musicians, one from Croatia and one from Serbia, unveiled the monument in the village of...

Fisherman hooks and lands a drowning man

" HALLOWELL, Maine — An angler used his fishing pole to reel in a man who survived a jump from a bridge and was drowning in the Kennebec River.   Bob Greene, 42, of Hallowell, said he heard what he thought was a cormorant making noise in the distance at 4:30 a.m....

Dwight Pinkney Picks Marley Melodies

The veteran Jamaican guitarist, Dwight Pinkney, has released his fifth album, a 13 track set of Bob Marley instrumentals entitled Picks Marley Melodies. A former member of the group The Sharks, and a session player with the Wailers in their early days at Studio 1, Pinkney has...

Stephen Marley Keeping The Legacy Alive

The son of Jamaican reggae superstars, Bob and Rita Marley, Stephen Marley carries the work forward with confidence, clarity, passion, and inventiveness. Impeccable musicianship and unparalleled song crafting provide the starting point, the foundation for the Stephen Marley...

Weak Sales Figures Haunt U.S. Reggae Sales

According to Soundscan (an electronic network that collects weekly retail figures from over 17,000 music stores in the U.S.), American rapper Lil’ Wayne sold more than one million copies of his new CD, “Tha Carter III”, in its first official week on store shelves. Are...

UK Reggae Fans Celebrate 30 years Of One Love

One Love festival, happens from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August which is a full moon solar eclipse weekend during a Perseid meteor shower. These celestial events and the 30th Anniversary of the original One Love peace Concert in 1978 will be marked with this festival taking...