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Stephen Marley Branches Out on Revelation Part 2
By STEVE BALTIN
Being the son of Bob Marley, Stephen Marley takes reggae music very seriously. It's something he showed with his last album, Revelation Part 1 - The Root of Life. "The whole album came about from me reading an article and the journalist was talking about the state of reggae music and that it was on the decline," Marley tells Rolling Stone. "That kind of inspired me to defend my root. That's what motivated the album - paying homage to the root of reggae music."
Marley proved his point emphatically, taking home a Grammy earlier this year for Best Reggae Album. And the night before we met him at L.A.'s musician-friendly Sunset Marquis hotel, he demonstrated that the music his father helped globalize is still strong, playing before a sold-out crowd at the House of Blues.
That show, where Marley played both his own songs and several of his father's and was joined by brother Ziggy onstage, wrapped up the tour for Revelation Part 1. Now he is turning his full attention to Revelation Part 2, the follow-up to the Grammy winner.
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Posted by outAroad on October 17, 2012 10:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
By STEVE BALTIN
Being the son of Bob Marley, Stephen Marley takes reggae music very seriously. It's something he showed with his last album, Revelation Part 1 - The Root of Life. "The whole album came about from me reading an article and the journalist was talking about the state of reggae music and that it was on the decline," Marley tells Rolling Stone. "That kind of inspired me to defend my root. That's what motivated the album - paying homage to the root of reggae music."
Marley proved his point emphatically, taking home a Grammy earlier this year for Best Reggae Album. And the night before we met him at L.A.'s musician-friendly Sunset Marquis hotel, he demonstrated that the music his father helped globalize is still strong, playing before a sold-out crowd at the House of Blues.
That show, where Marley played both his own songs and several of his father's and was joined by brother Ziggy onstage, wrapped up the tour for Revelation Part 1. Now he is turning his full attention to Revelation Part 2, the follow-up to the Grammy winner.
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Posted by outAroad on October 17, 2012 10:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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