Reggae

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Bob Marley: One Love review – the reggae superstar deserves a better film than this
British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley and the magnetic Lashana Lynch as Marley’s wife, Rita, are let down by this deferential biopic’s undercooked screenplay

Wendy Ide

17, Feb, 2024 @3:00 PM

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Bob Marley’s penchant for punk | Letters
Letters: Andrea Beddard-Smith recalls standing behind the reggae legend at a Clash gig

16, Feb, 2024 @6:19 PM

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‘We will not accept fake Patois’: Jamaican linguist on dialogue in Bob Marley biopic
Advisers say they were keen to avoid ‘another Cool Runnings’ in portrayal of Jamaicans in One Love

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

16, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM

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‘Firebrand, poet and heart-throb’: how the film One Love captures the truth about Bob Marley
I was at the reggae superstar’s side before and after he escaped assassination. The new film took me back to this time, of love triangles, London punks and cold war conflict

Vivien Goldman

09, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Bob Marley: One Love review – reverential biopic of reggae superstar struggles to stir it up
With Marley’s family on board, this officially-approved life story serves up the hits but skirts some big questions

Peter Bradshaw

08, Feb, 2024 @6:00 PM

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Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett obituary
Bassist and bandleader with Bob Marley and the Wailers who played a key role in bringing reggae to an international audience

David Katz

04, Feb, 2024 @9:37 PM

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Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, bassist with Bob Marley and the Wailers, dies aged 77
Influential musician also co-produced group’s albums and mentored many Jamaican artists

Safi Bugel

03, Feb, 2024 @8:33 PM

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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: King Perry review – dub legend’s playful embrace of death
This posthumous, all-star album – featuring the likes of Shaun Ryder and Tricky – is by no means groundbreaking, but it’s hard not to be moved

Dave Simpson

02, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM

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‘It was buy eggs or put money on my travel card’: actor Lashana Lynch on Bond, Bob Marley and being broke
She shot to fame as the first female 007 and is now tackling reggae royalty as Marley’s wife, Rita. But the actor hasn’t always had it easy in an industry hostile to people without a safety net

Tshepo Mokoena

27, Jan, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Benjamin Zephaniah obituary
Poet, performer and actor hailed as one of Britain’s most outspoken and original literary voices

Peter Mason

07, Dec, 2023 @6:03 PM

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‘He’s a man with a fork in a world of soup’: the bitterest music-duo spats
With Hall & Oates now saying ‘no can do’ to their partnership, we look at the other pop pairs who fell out of harmony

Dave Simpson

23, Nov, 2023 @3:47 PM

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Mobo awards for music of black origin to be held at Sheffield Arena
Exclusive: Yorkshire city will host event for first time to bridge north-south divide in funding and exposure

Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

23, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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