Sunday, February 10, 2013

Rihanna to Salute Bob Marley at 2013 Grammys

Bob Marley would have been 68 years old on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, I asked Del Ray Patch Facebook and Twitter followers to offer their favorite tunes from the late reggae great. I went with 1973's “Stir It Up” mainly for the guitar solo, but

A mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley (right) and former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie decorate a wall in the yard of Marley's Kingston home in Jamaica. Relatives and old friends, joined by hundreds of tourists, celebrated Marley's 68th

Bob Marley's granddaughter Donisha Prendergast, right, dances to reggae music during the celebration of Marley's 68th birthday at the yard of his Kingston home, in Jamaica, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Marley's relatives and

The public persona (and the politics) of Bob Marley, whose birthday it is today,* was heavily informed by his relationship with Africa (both symbolically and in a real sense). A good place to see that play out was in director

Bob Marley's granddaughter Donisha Prendergast, right, dances to reggae music during the celebration of Marley's 68th birthday at the yard of his Kingston home, in Jamaica, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Marley's relatives and

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