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Author
Series
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Is me--Bob. Bob Marley." Reincarnated as homeless Fall-down man, Bob Marley sleeps in a clock tower built on the site of a lynching in Half Way Tree, Kingston. The ghosts of Marcus Garvey and King Edward VII are there too, drinking whiskey and playing solitaire. No one sees that Fall-down is Bob Marley, no one but his long-ago love, the deaf woman, Leenah, and, in the way of this otherworldly book, when Bob steps into the street each day, five years...
85) The KCRW session
Author
Publisher
UMe
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
With a legacy stretching back nearly 50 years, Jimmy Cliff is still standing as one of the prime movers and continuing shapers of modern music. With a catalog that ranks among the most influential in global culture, Cliff remains a forceful voice of power and conscience, creating new music as vital and vibrant as ever.
93) Live at the Roxy
Author
Publisher
Island Def Jam
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Considered by many to be Marley's best live performance recording, possibly even his best album, this release has exceptional sound quality, a fantastic track list, and an amazing atmosphere of its own.
95) Songs of Irie
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire.
It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is...
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