Stereogum — At tonight’s Global Citizen Fest in NYC’s Central Park, Pearl Jam ended their 12 song set with covers of John Lennon, Bob Marley, and Neil Young. Sitting without his band on acoustic guitar, Eddie Vedder was joined on Marley’s “Redemption Son... more info

The Telegraph — Kick back, relax, and enjoy the sun as Thomas H Green selects the best albums to help you while away the time on the beach more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - The long list of 13 titles for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction written in English, published on Wednesday, features the first Jamaican author in contention for the 50,000-pound ($78,000) prize. more info

Core News — “UK DJ & producer Sam Redmore will be stopping by to show off his new project and to put together a Trunk of Funk mix. If it’s anything like his remix of Bob Marley’s – Is This Love, then we are in for a real treat. Craig will be talking to a... more info

The Telegraph — Marlon James has written a novel and an HBO TV show inspired by the attempted murder of the reggae legend. Chris Harvey meets him more info

The Independent — Julian Marley, son of legendary reggae artist Bob Marley, is set to release a song calling for the legalisation of marijuana, 40 years after his father's former bandmate released a song with the same message. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Perhaps more famous than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” or Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” are the studios in which they were birthed: London’s Abbey Road; Atlanta’s Stankonia; and Kingston, Jamaica’s Tuf... more info

The Telegraph — Reggae singer Bob Marley died of cancer on May 11, 1981 more info

Aquarium Drunkard — 1981: With an initial bootleg soundtrack touting hits from The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, director Stephen Spaulding would later require an original score if he wished to see his underground surf film, Bali High, screened in theaters ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The late Vivian Jackson, better known as Yabby You, was cut from a different cloth. Though rightly considered one of the pioneers of “roots reggae,” hailed alongside Bob Marley, Culture, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, and other Jamaican artists spe... more info