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Dani's Local Dish: The Local M3F Lineup

By Dani Cutler
Mar 5, 2020

How to spice up your M3F weekend with some local music.
Toots and The Maytals Deliver Reggae in Style

By Mark C. Horn
Jul 16, 2019

The reggae masters will perform July 18 at Marquee Theatre in Tempe.
Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits Takes a Look Back at Punk Herstory

By Ashley Naftule
May 18, 2018

Women of Slits broke ground blending punk and reggae.
Everything You Need to Know About Pot of Gold Music Festival 2018

By Benjamin Leatherman
Mar 14, 2018

Legit, everything.
Ziggy Marley Expands Definition of Reggae on New Album

By Mark C. Horn
Oct 28, 2014

For Ziggy Marley, it would seem like there would be a simple path to take in the genre pioneered by your legendary father. Crank out a new album every other year, accumulate the riches, play gigs across the planet for your adoring fan base. And yet, with each new studio...
Errol Brown, Sound Guy for Rebelution, Gives a Look at the Making of Some of Reggae's Greatest Hits

By Amanda Savage
Aug 6, 2014

Fame, for most artists, is short-lived. When stars come and go, a core network of lyricists, producers, crew members and musicians persists through the decades, typically unseen, giving support from one fresh face to the next. Errol Brown is a sound engineer who, within the industry, carries much name recognition...
What Stephen Marley Learned from Dad: "Do It for the Love and Not the Fame"

By Mark C. Horn
Jul 23, 2014

Many musical offspring have faltered under the pressure of trying to live up to the level of greatness once bestowed on their popular progeny. Stephen "Raggamuffin" Marley has refreshingly bucked those odds, and has in fact, become a modern-day legend of reggae music in his own right, and has done...
The Anatomy of Bob Marley's Legend Album

By David Accomazzo
Jul 2, 2014

Look no further for proof of Bob Marley's legacy than the vast number of bands influenced by his work and the multitude of Marley posters that adorn dorm-room walls. More than 30 years after his death in 1981, Bob Marley and the Wailers touch people of all ages. Mostly because...
How Bob Marley Was Sold to the Suburbs

By Chris Kornelis
Jul 2, 2014

See also: How Bob Marley Was Sold to the Suburbs At the time of his death, in May 1981, Bob Marley was 36 years old, reggae's biggest star, and the father of at least 11 children. He was not, however, a big seller. For Dave Robinson, this presented an opportunity...

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