Blood Brothers, Sista Dread for Marley tribute concert
Sixty one years ago, a legend was born. The legendary reggae icon, Robert Nesta Marley, was born to a modest family in the rural parish of St Anne’s in Jamaica.
By Emmanuel Ssejjengo
and Jude Katende
Sixty one years ago, a legend was born. The legendary reggae icon, Robert Nesta Marley, was born to a modest family in the rural parish of St Anne’s in Jamaica.
He then settled in Trenchtown to take the first steps of his musical career, which spawned numerous worldwide hits such as No Woman No Cry and Get Up, Stand Up, which took the world by storm even decades after his death.
With artistic insight, Marley tackled the issues of his day in evocative music; political repression, gangland warfare, mystical wilderness, religious freedom and the merely human concerns of love. With such a collection of themes in over 10 albums, Marley touched everybody. His inspirational and life-changing story continues to have a powerful and ever-growing resonance on raggae fans.
At the time of his death from cancer in 1981 at the age of 36, Marley was known throughout the world.
Since 2002, Ugandans have been celebrating his birthday, February 6. This year, Bob Marley fans will come together at the National Theatre gardens on Monday to remember some of the legend’s most inspirational songs in a raggae concert.
Sista Dread, East Africa TV’s presenter of RuffCutts, a reggae show, will be the MC at the concert that will also feature raggae bands from Nairobi, Kenya.
Meanwhile, The Blood Brothers, Uganda’s pioneer reggae band, will also perform at Club Rouge this Saturday to mark Marley’s birthday. Their bandleader, Alex Guma, said the concert will start at 9pm and will feature the Ras Clan DJs. Reggae merchandise will also be sold and a percentage of the proceeds will go to charity.
and Jude Katende
Sixty one years ago, a legend was born. The legendary reggae icon, Robert Nesta Marley, was born to a modest family in the rural parish of St Anne’s in Jamaica.
He then settled in Trenchtown to take the first steps of his musical career, which spawned numerous worldwide hits such as No Woman No Cry and Get Up, Stand Up, which took the world by storm even decades after his death.
With artistic insight, Marley tackled the issues of his day in evocative music; political repression, gangland warfare, mystical wilderness, religious freedom and the merely human concerns of love. With such a collection of themes in over 10 albums, Marley touched everybody. His inspirational and life-changing story continues to have a powerful and ever-growing resonance on raggae fans.
At the time of his death from cancer in 1981 at the age of 36, Marley was known throughout the world.
Since 2002, Ugandans have been celebrating his birthday, February 6. This year, Bob Marley fans will come together at the National Theatre gardens on Monday to remember some of the legend’s most inspirational songs in a raggae concert.
Sista Dread, East Africa TV’s presenter of RuffCutts, a reggae show, will be the MC at the concert that will also feature raggae bands from Nairobi, Kenya.
Meanwhile, The Blood Brothers, Uganda’s pioneer reggae band, will also perform at Club Rouge this Saturday to mark Marley’s birthday. Their bandleader, Alex Guma, said the concert will start at 9pm and will feature the Ras Clan DJs. Reggae merchandise will also be sold and a percentage of the proceeds will go to charity.