As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica, the Marleys’ Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise has been rerouted. The five-night event, set to take place Oct. 27 to Nov. 1, was originally slated to set sail from Miami with stops in Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. The cruise has since been rerouted, …
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Neil Young isn’t just one of the most covered songwriters of all time, he’s also one of the most tributed. There have been several albums of people doing his songs released over the decades, first and most famously the 1989 LP The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young, populated by …
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Eddie Vedder and Stephen Marley have shared new covers of two Neil Young classics from Harvest for an upcoming tribute album benefitting the Bridge School. While “Rockin’ in the Free World” has become a Pearl Jam live staple, for his contribution, Vedder covered “The Needle and The Damage Done,” Young’s …
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You could feel it from a mile away, the beam of positive energy emanating from Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on this particular Sunday evening in September. Inside the 13,000-capacity tennis stadium, five of reggae legend Bob Marley‘s sons — Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian — are channeling their …
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Stephen Marley has teamed up with Playing For Change to re-record father Bob’s 1974 reggae anthem “No Woman, No Cry” with Brazilian icon Gilberto Gill and other musicians from around the world in honor of the song’s 50th anniversary. It’s the latest chapter of Playing For Change’s Song Around The …
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