Core News — “Rodigan digs into the BBC archives to mark Bob Marley’s 70th Birthday and plays the first ever Wailers session recorded for John Peel in 1973. He plays the original session in full featuring Slave Driver, Concrete Jungle and Rasta Man Chant. The... more info

Reuters — KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaicans celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of late reggae legend Bob Marley on Friday with a jamming session at his former home and a free concert as the Caribbean island continues to wrestle over his place in its pant... more info

The Telegraph — To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Jamaican singer, the Grammy Museum has officially declared February 6 as Bob Marley Day. Here are 10 little-known facts about what the man from Kingston was... more info

The Telegraph — Bob Marley's 70th birthday to be celebrated with unreleased material more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It doesn’t really make sense that a group of weirdo-proto-New Wavers, experimenting in blues and rock, from the scene that culminated in Devo, would open for Bob Marley. But they did. 15-60-75 (The Numbers Band) were never poised to break out from ... more info

The Telegraph — From Bob Dylan and Bob Marley to Ewan MacColl. Ivan Hewett choses the best politically-inspired songs more info

Mercury News, California — Bay Area Children's Theater's upcoming 'Three Little Birds, A New Reggae Children's Musical,' based on a story by Marley's daughter, Cedella Marley, opens Jan. 24 and runs through Feb. 15 at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St., before trav... more info

Stereogum — A trailer has emerged for Black Dynamite’s timely police brutality musical “The Wizard Of Watts,” which features the voices Tyler, The Creator, Erykah Badu, and Chance The Rapper (who previously voiced Bob Marley on the show). It turns out Tyle... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Lauryn Hill at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The great Lauryn Hill, who last appeared live in NYC at the recent Bob Marley tribute at The Apollo, has an acoustic tour coming up this February.... more info

Perez Hilton — Well, at least this is some kind of explanation! Madonna came under fire when she posted pictures of Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Bob Marley all with her Rebel Heart facial wrapping photoshopped onto the icons. [ Related: Madonna Expla... more info