Including Bob Marley’s visit to Southampton featuring Don John, Mykaell Riley, and Melton Geddes, Brinsley Forde & Don Letts
Listening Tree Video (LT)
January 25, 2022
BOB MARLEY BEING INTERVIEWED RE THE “SURVIVAL” ALBUM (1979)
To see his hurt is their greatest ambition, yeah!
But we will survive in this world of competition
‘Cause no matter what they do
Natty keep on comin’ through
And no matter what they say
Natty di deh every day, yeah!
Encyclopaedia Africana J
March 6, 2021
JIMMY CLIFF
“I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.”
Listening Tree Poetry (LT)
September 27, 2020
REDEMPTION SONG by BOB MARLEY
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
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September 22, 2020
CAPLETON
The hottest element to rise us in the morning is the sun. The water cleanse, but it’s still the support from the fire that burn the water, burn out of the bacteria so the water coulda heal we fi cleanse.
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September 18, 2020
BUJU BANTON
Listen to me! The world is changing and unfortunately things are not going to be the same. And we do not want it to be the same! Because it was not right the way it was.
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September 17, 2020
GARNETT SILK
“He lives on and we all in the music industry need to do more to make the younger generation know about the amazing works of Garnet Silk, his music…”
Encyclopaedia Africana J
September 12, 2020
JACOB “KILLER” MILLER
Known for his signature vibrato style, later influencing singers such as Dennis Brown and George Nooks, Jacob Miller left behind hits including Tenement Yard, Tired Fe Lick Weed In a Bush and Everything Great.
Encyclopaedia Africana P
September 11, 2020
PETER TOSH
“Don’t care where you come from/As long as you’re a black man, you’re an African.”
Media (RH) Resources Hub
September 3, 2020
Alex Pascall: the broadcaster who gave a voice to black Britain – and is now taking on the BBC
he morning after that historic meeting between Bob Marley and the Mighty Sparrow, Pascall, still on a high, bounded into the office. “Where’s the tape recording of last night?” he asked. No one knew. Pascall searched the office and eventually found it. It had been put in the bin.