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...Marley and the Wailers “One Love: Bob Marley and the Wailers at Studio One, 1964-1966” (Heartbeat) 2 Stars Though it’s been nearly 25 years since his death, Bob Marley remains the most recognizable icon of reggae music and Rastafarian culture in the US. It’s understandable that every bit of material from such a widely loved artist would be released at some point. Yet name recognition alone ensures that a Marley compilation will sell far better than any contemporary reggae release, even if today’s sound...
...highlights The only Best Picture nominee to be found (legally) in stores, this excellent biopic of genius-wailer Ray Charles boasts the usual vignettes of actors discussing their devotion to their craft. But the limited-edition disc has longer versions of the film's musical numbers, behind-the-screen clips of Charles providing new versions of old songs and a mini-doc of the film's 15-year road to completion--all hosted by Ray's charismatic star, Jamie Foxx...
...Bunny Wailer was a founding member--with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh--of the Wailers, the legendary reggae band. Bunny, the last survivor of that core trio, will perform opening day at the 21st annual Reggae on the River Festival in Piercy, Calif., Aug. 6-8 (tickets are available on eBay). Reggae on the River, a DVD of past festival performances, is out this week. TIME's Christopher John Farley spoke with Bunny...
...solemnity of "When a Man Loves a Woman." I have a sneaking fondness for early BeeGees, and not only sneaking: that first album has a half-dozen Beatles-worthy tunes on it, and "To Love Somebody" has stood the test of time as a magnificent Australo-American R&B wailer. But the late ?60s can?t compete for my affections with the decade before it, when record after record from the Ertegun empire spoke to me, sang to me. Maybe it?s an age thing: Atlantic, me, Leiber and Stoller: we?re only kids once. And Atlanta provided the electrolytes...
...Marley and Peter Tosh, partners in the group the Wailers and later solo superstars, were the imperial lions of reggae. Along with bandmate Bunny Wailer, they brought the music of Jamaica to a wider audience, establishing reggae as a genre of global reach and lasting import. Today you can hear their influence in the music of the hip-hop group the Fugees, the ska-rock band Sublime and even the Rolling Stones (Stones guitarist Keith Richards has a low-key Rastafarian drum-and-chant album out called Wingless Angels). Marley's career (he died in 1981) was rightly celebrated several...