Bob Marley

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Top 10 Albums That We Hope Will Actually Come Out in 2009 (But Probably Won't)

(Dr. Dre might need an intervention in order to release his long-awaited Detox album)With the music industry in a continued state of shambles, even the average consumer is starting to understand that it's a risky venture to release an album and that this holds true for newcomers as well as those who ... More >>

Bob Marley Birthday Parties

Reggae's "Conquering Lion," the Legend-ary Bob Marley, would have been 64 on Friday. Born February 6, 1945 in St. Ann's, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley was a true musical visionary, a songwriter whose lyrics often seemed to come from Jah himself, who took reggae music to the highest "ites" while champ ... More >>

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Reggae's "Conquering Lion," the Legend-ary Bob Marley, would have been 64 on Friday. Born February 6, 1945 in St. Ann's, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley was a true musical visionary, a songwriter whose lyrics often seemed to come from Jah himself, who took reggae music to the highest "ites" while champ ... More >>

Get Up, Stand Up: Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill to the Press

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's press conference this morning announcing his marijuana-legalization bill started punctually and stayed relentlessly on-point -- thereby denying a barb to every journalist present.Ammiano and the assembled speakers at San Francisco's State Building also spoke calmly and meth ... More >>

Bryant Terry Brings Vegan Soul Kitchen to MoAD

EKAphotographySoul Recipe: Bryant TerryThere was a packed house last night for eco-chef Bryant Terry's official book launch for Vegan Soul Kitchen (Da Capo) at the Museum of the African Diaspora. The book, which contains over 150 recipes for "fresh, healthy, and creative African-American cuisine" (e ... More >>

Redemption Song

The Fugees mark a return to righteousness in hip hop

RU Sirius Releases New Book on Drugs and Music

  Rudy Rucker Yes, He Is: RU SiriusEccentric oddball and author RU Sirius --best known as onetime Editor of cyberpunk bible Mondo 2000-- has just released a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs." Sirius calls the book, which details the drug-induced exploits o ... More >>

Another Marley makes his mark in the reggae business

  Rudy Rucker Yes, He Is: RU SiriusEccentric oddball and author RU Sirius --best known as onetime Editor of cyberpunk bible Mondo 2000-- has just released a new book, "Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs." Sirius calls the book, which details the drug-induced exploits o ... More >>

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Learning From Scratch

The history of reggae, dub, soul, and "meggae," as told by Lee "Scratch" Perry

The House of Tudor

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King Sunny Adé's legnthy reign

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Power to the Peaceful Wrap-Up

EKAphotography copyright 2009. all rights reservedMichael Franti and Spearhead​ The 11th Annual Power to the Peaceful Festival began with a thunderclap and ended with an affirmation of love. The season's first storm hit in the wee hours, bringing warm, tropical showers - but no lightning. Most of ... More >>

Weekend Pick #2: Buju Banton

Opti-Mystic Soul: Buju​ Three-time Grammy nominee Buju Banton has been credited with ushering in dancehall reggae's conscious revival with 1994's "Murderer," an anti-violence tune which preceded the ascension of such artists as Sizzla, Capleton, and Fantan Mojah. Beginning his career as a po ... More >>

The smell of fear, beer, and sausages at Gestalt

Opti-Mystic Soul: Buju​ Three-time Grammy nominee Buju Banton has been credited with ushering in dancehall reggae's conscious revival with 1994's "Murderer," an anti-violence tune which preceded the ascension of such artists as Sizzla, Capleton, and Fantan Mojah. Beginning his career as a po ... More >>

List: Fee for all

Opti-Mystic Soul: Buju​ Three-time Grammy nominee Buju Banton has been credited with ushering in dancehall reggae's conscious revival with 1994's "Murderer," an anti-violence tune which preceded the ascension of such artists as Sizzla, Capleton, and Fantan Mojah. Beginning his career as a po ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz -- Incentivized Via a Prize!

It's fun! It's educational! All right -- you win free shit! Send us your perfect score here and win a prize! And now...Whose car is this? ​1. Did you know the winner of NASCAR's Daytona 500 was given a hero's welcome in San Francisco this week? Of course you didn't. By the way -- who won the Dayto ... More >>

North Beach's Plastic Pizza Spinning Master

Sunny weather brought the regulars flocking to Washington Square Park in North Beach: hippies strumming guitars, transients smoking bud, young people sunbathing with their noses buried in books. Then we spotted this guy from a distance. It took us a second to realize what we were witnessing: The d ... More >>

Meet the Plastic Pizza Spinning Master of North Beach

Sunny weather brought the regulars flocking to Washington Square Park in North Beach yesterday afternoon: hippies strumming guitars, transients smoking bud, young people sunbathing with their noses buried in books. Then we spotted this guy from a distance. It took us a second to realize what we we ... More >>

Major Lazer introduces electro dancehall fans to animated moves

Sunny weather brought the regulars flocking to Washington Square Park in North Beach yesterday afternoon: hippies strumming guitars, transients smoking bud, young people sunbathing with their noses buried in books. Then we spotted this guy from a distance. It took us a second to realize what we we ... More >>

Jammin' at the Ferry Building with Happy Girl

Diane/Happy Girl Kitchen Co. via Facebook​We're jammin' ― To think that jammin' was a thing of the past; We're jammin', And I hope this jam is gonna last. Bob Marley sang those couplets. He probably wasn't thinking about fruit preserves when he penned them, but analyzing them in that con ... More >>

The Afrobeat Goes On

Diane/Happy Girl Kitchen Co. via Facebook​We're jammin' ― To think that jammin' was a thing of the past; We're jammin', And I hope this jam is gonna last. Bob Marley sang those couplets. He probably wasn't thinking about fruit preserves when he penned them, but analyzing them in that con ... More >>

Last Night: Gappy Ranks at Paradise Lounge's Cooyah!

Gappy Ranks​Gappy RanksJuly 14, 2010 Cooyah at Paradise Lounge Better than: A gap year in Thailand after college With camera flashes blasting, and a 150 or so amped reggae fans thrusting hands in the air, British reggae artist Gappy Ranks (the stage name of Jacob Lee Williams) got his first tast ... More >>

Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa

Gappy Ranks​Gappy RanksJuly 14, 2010 Cooyah at Paradise Lounge Better than: A gap year in Thailand after college With camera flashes blasting, and a 150 or so amped reggae fans thrusting hands in the air, British reggae artist Gappy Ranks (the stage name of Jacob Lee Williams) got his first tast ... More >>

The Top Five Covers of Outside Lands 2010

Christopher VictorioAl Green's soul medley on Sunday had us wearing a stupid grin.​Of all the things we'll remember about this year's Outside Lands festival -- the sun breaking through the fog during Al Green's set, the gaudy costumes of Empire of the Sun, and the incessant oonce oonce from the He ... More >>

How to Listen to Pink Floyd While Getting High (Hint: Don't Bother with 'Dark Side of the Moon')

​Hear this while high: Pink Floyd's Meddle. Why?: Pink Floyd is the canonical druggie rock band, and most beginning stoners need a little basic out-of-body orientation. That Floyd's early music is the platinum kush standard for progressive rock is doubted only by those farther along on this THC-s ... More >>

Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle Drop a Surprise Late-Night Show on Oakland

Lauryn Hill at the New Parish last night.​Lauryn HillDave ChappelleApril 13, 2011 (Actually April 14)@ The New Parish, OaklandBetter than: A good night's sleepWhen the news hit Twitter Wednesday afternoon, it seemed like a prank: Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle had announced a last-minute show at t ... More >>

Chris Cornell Plays Soundgarden, Led Zep, and Michael Jackson at the Fillmore (Photos Setlist)

Calibree PhotographyChris Cornell at the Fillmore last night.​ Chris Cornell Pine & Battery William Elliot Whitmore May 3, 2011 @ The Fillmore Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell's solo Songbook Tour rolled through the Fillmore last night for an acoustic foray through the singer ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Is Playing a One-Off Tribute to Bob Marley In S.F. Next Week

Kevin HendersonShe's baaaack​ Last month it was a regular ol' concert at the Warfield, followed a day later by a crazy last-minute late-night show with Dave Chappelle in Oakland. And next week Lauryn Hill comes back to the Bay Area for something else altogether: A special tribute to her longti ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Kevin HendersonShe's baaaack​ Last month it was a regular ol' concert at the Warfield, followed a day later by a crazy last-minute late-night show with Dave Chappelle in Oakland. And next week Lauryn Hill comes back to the Bay Area for something else altogether: A special tribute to her longti ... More >>

Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography

Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>

Bob Marley's New Beverage Wants To Mellow You Out

Get mellow?​ Everyday stresses got you slurping caffeine like a crazed fiend? Workaday lifestyle keep you so amped up that you can never relax? Do you just need a little something extra to mellow you out at the end of the day? No, we haven't switched to writing ad copy. We're just expressing ... More >>

Seasunz on Hip-Hop Activism, Spirituality, and Speaking Klingon

​Ashel Eldridge has made the rounds. Otherwise known as Seasunz, Eldridge has emerged as a social and environmental activist, working with groups like Amazon Watch and Project Pink and partnering with Will.i.am to open a youth center in Oakland. And, lest we forget, he also makes music. In ju ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Makes for Sober, Safer Drivers, Study Says

Thanks for driving safely​While medical marijuana advocates will politely ask them to stop talking whenever the subject arises, there are many cannabis users who will claim that the task of operating a motor vehicle is safer when the driver is a bit stoned. Turns out that researchers crunching tra ... More >>

Occupy SF Protesters Storm Justin Herman Plaza, Refuse to Leave

Lauren Smiley​Update (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>

SF's Coo-Yah DJs on Misconceptions About Dancehall and Reggae, and Why It's a Great Time to Buy Records

Daneekah and Green B.​In the male-dominated world of DJs, local selectors Green B. and Daneekah have managed to tilt the spotlight toward the ladies with their dancehall releases and long-running reggae party Coo-Yah. The two met one day on Haight Street while flyering for separate parties, a ... More >>