BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Ziggy Marley BEGIN:VEVENT UID:355492026-08-11 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260811 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260812 LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville Delaware 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville Delaware 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo: 38.466017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:Ziggy Marley CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Ziggy Marley is a nine-time Grammy award-winning musician\, Emm y\nwinner\, producer\, and humanitarian. He has spent his life using music \nas a tool for unity\, self-reflection and upliftment. As the eldest son\ nof Bob and Rita Marley\, he carries forward a legacy rooted in history\nw hile continually forging his own creative path. From his early days\nperfo rming alongside his family to a solo career spanning decades\,\nZiggy’s music blends reggae\, soul\, rock\, and global rhythms —\nalways guided by messages of love\, justice\, and resilience. His work\nspeaks not only to personal reflection but to collective\nresponsibility\, encouraging lis teners to engage the world with clarity\nand compassion. Brightside is the title of Ziggy Marley's ninth solo\nstudio album and first since his 2020 children’s album\, More Family\nTime. Brightside’s eight songs – co -produced by Ziggy and his\nbrother Stephen\, and recorded at his newly bu ilt Rebel Lion Studio in\nLos Angeles – offers a different frequency of music\, and messages of\nhope\, perseverance and positivity in the face of troubled times.\nRooted in honesty and lived experience\, Brightside reve als a deeper\,\nmore intimate perspective while still carrying a universal appeal.\n\"The brightside is my world\,\" explains Marley. \"We are confi dent in\nthe victory of good over evil. We're not guessing. We understand that.\nSo no matter what you see going on\, we have no doubts. We have to give\nlife a chance. There's always a reason for life to go on.\" He point s\nexplicitly to the song \"Why Let the World\,\" with its brass-led regga e\ncadence and refrain of \"Why let the world trouble me?\,\" as\nBrightsi de's key thematic lynch pin. \"I was in a funky mood\, a funky\nstate of m ind\, state of emotion\, when I wrote that song\,\" Marley\nrecalls. \"You see what's happening in the world\, what’s happening to\npeople\, and i t really brings me down sometimes. I already had a few\nsongs that address ed what I was going through personally. But when\nthat song found me\, I r ealized the album was going to have a\nintrospective side to it. So that s ong became my therapy\; when I\nstarted playing that\, it just uplifted me .\" So did the creative\nprocess of Brightside\, which was entirely differ ent than anything he's\ndone to date. Similar to his second solo album\, L ove Is My Religion --\nwhich coincidentally celebrates its 20th anniversar y this year --\nMarley considers Brightside \"a milestone\,\" a venture in to new methods\nand directions that extend from songwriting through the st udio\nproduction process. \"I'm still learning\,\" he notes. \"I'm a stude nt\,\nand I've been searching for music all my life. I'm still searching f or\nmusic\, step by step. Where I am now is a good time for the\nexaminati on\, you know?\" For starters\, Marley approached the songs as\nwritings r ather than creating them as music on the studio floor\, as he\nhas on prev ious efforts. \"Sometimes I get into the studio and I focus\non the music\ ,\" he explains\, \"and the beat captures you and you build\nthe songs fro m there. But with this record I made a very conscious\ndecision to work on the songs\, the lyrics\, the melody and the\nstructure before I started t he instrumentation.” \"What I know is\nthat if you have good lyrics that you love\, you can feel it. It's\ntouching you. It's a greater feeling th an ever before. So the words\nand melody became the dominant things. I did n't just go into the\nstudio and start making the music. I came in with th e songs.\" Once\nthose were in place\, Marley invited his brother to join him on the\nproduction in Los Angeles while rehearsing with the album’s\ nmusicians. This eclectic corps of instrumentalists have worked with\nJimm y Cliff\, Eric Clapton\, Prince\, Olivia Rodrigo\, Beck\, Death Cab For\nC utie and others. \"It's been a while since I rehearsed for a record\,\"\nM arley says with a laugh. \"It was a vibe. I had the demos already laid\nou t with the basic foundation and the ideas and we just listened and\nwe mad e changes and we created and just made it happen.\" Marley's\nthird \"laye r\" of approach to the album\, meanwhile\, was more technical.\nBrightside ditches the modern standard tuning of 440Hz\, and instead\nwas recorded u sing 432Hz—a soothing sonic frequency regularly\nemployed for meditation and other mindful practices. It brings a warm\,\nsoulful depth to the mix \, which underscores the album's healing\nintent. \"I've been hearing abou t it for years but never investigated\nit 'til recently\,\" Marley says\, noting that a new console -- designed\nby the legendary Rupert Neve -- and other gear at Rebel Lion Studio\nwere also instrumental in creating the e motional vibration that runs\nthrough the album. \"That was our dream\, ju st bringing things through\nEarth\, and we achieved that\,\" he acknowledg es. That's certainly the\ncase from the first drum roll and brass honks th at kick off \"JAH We\nGive Glory\,\" a joyful prayer celebrating his own s pirituality and\nfaith. \"Racism Is A Killa\" incorporates elements of fun k and Curtis\nMayfield's conscious soul. Vocalist Nikka Costa\, a longtime Marley\nfriend\, elevates \"Hey People Now's\" exhortation of activism an d unity\,\nwhile Trombone Shorty and Sheila E. add to the musical dynamics of\n\"Why Let the World.\" Jake Shimabukuro's ukulele adds shimmer to the \nisland-flavored \"Make It Paradise.\" And \"Many Mourn For Bob\" takes\n moving stock of his father’s legacy --incorporating recordings of\nthe s enior Marley’s voice as well as a cameo by his brother Stephen\nMarley. \"The music that we call reggae music is a living thing\,\"\nexplains Marl ey\, who produced the record-breaking 2024 biopic\, Bob\nMarley: One Love. \"It's not something of the past that you just make a\ncopy of. It's some thing that keeps on living. Living things move and\nbreathe\, so I think t hat is in my DNA to keep the music living. My\nmind is as curious and as o pen as it was when I was a baby. It has a\nlot more information now\, but it's never closed off. You don't forget\nthe past\, you don't dismiss it\, but you don't stop moving forward.\"\nThat's been the case throughout Mar ley's life in music\, of course.\nBorn David Robert Nesta Marley in Trench Town\, Jamaica\, he sat in on\nhis first Wailers recording sessions when he was just seven years old.\nZiggy then formed The Melody Makers in 1979 with brother Stephen and\nsisters Sharon and Cedella. With their third alb um\, 1988’s Conscious\nParty – produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymo uth of Talking Heads\n– Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers won their first Grammy Award for\nBest Reggae Album. The group won two more Grammys durin g a nine-album\,\nthirteen-year run. Ziggy went solo with 2003's Dragonfly \, and added\nanother six Grammy Awards to his mantle. He also received a Daytime\nEmmy Award\, a UCLA George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Mu sical\nAchievement\, and a Hall of Fame induction from the International\n Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA). Marley has collaborated on\nsongs with Carlos Santana\, Sting\, Willie Nelson\, Paul Simon\, Tom\nMorello\, Juanes\, Sheryl Crow\, Alanis Morrisette\, Busta Rhymes\, Jack\nJohnson\, Angelique Kidjo\, Kenny Chesney\, Ben Harper\, Maluma\, Carlos\nVives\, Na tiruts\, and others. Notably\, Ziggy also recorded the theme\nsong for the long-running beloved PBS Kids’ television series\nArthur\, “Believe I n Yourself (A Wonderful Kind Of Day).” It's a\nformidable track record o f accomplishments\, but Marley who plans to\ntour in support of Brightside is not nearly finished. \"Every day is\nnew to me\,\" he says. \"Every da y feels like the first day. All the\nknowledge that I have\, everything th at I've learned over those years\,\nall the people I've learned from...I t ake all that and I keep adding\nand growing. This is another step.\" Beyon d being an artist\, Ziggy is\ndeeply committed to humanitarian efforts thr ough his charity\, U.R.G.E.\n(Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment)\, which builds new schools\,\noperates health clinics and supports organizat ions such as Food for\nthe Poor\, Health Care International\, the Chepstow e Basic School in\nJamaica and Heart of Los Angeles. Whether in the studio \, on tour\, or\nin service to others\, Ziggy Marley remains devoted to in spiring\npositive change — one song\, one action\, and one moment at a t ime.\nVisit www.urgefoundation.org for more information. For more\, visit\ nziggymarley.com and all socials at @ziggymarley. Venue: Freeman Arts\nPav ilion.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ziggy Marley is a nine-time Grammy award-wi nning musician\, Emmy winner\, producer\, and humanitarian. He has spent h is life using music as a tool for unity\, self-reflection and upliftment. As the eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley\, he carries forward a legacy roo ted in history while continually forging his own creative path. From his e arly days performing alongside his family to a solo career spanning decade s\, Ziggy&rsquo\;s music blends reggae\, soul\, rock\, and global rhythms &mdash\; always guided by messages of love\, justice\, and resilience. His work speaks not only to personal reflection but to collective responsibil ity\, encouraging listeners to engage the world with clarity and compassio n. Brightside is the title of Ziggy Marley'\;s ninth solo studio album and first since his 2020 children&rsquo\;s album\, More Family Time. Brigh tside&rsquo\;s eight songs &ndash\; co-produced by Ziggy and his brother S tephen\, and recorded at his newly built Rebel Lion Studio in Los Angeles &ndash\; offers a different frequency of music\, and messages of hope\, pe rseverance and positivity in the face of troubled times. Rooted in honesty and lived experience\, Brightside reveals a deeper\, more intimate perspe ctive while still carrying a universal appeal. "\;The brightside is my world\,"\; explains Marley. "\;We are confident in the victory of good over evil. We'\;re not guessing. We understand that. So no matter what you see going on\, we have no doubts. We have to give life a chance. There'\;s always a reason for life to go on."\; He points explicit ly to the song "\;Why Let the World\,"\; with its brass-led reggae cadence and refrain of "\;Why let the world trouble me?\,"\; as B rightside'\;s key thematic lynch pin. "\;I was in a funky mood\, a funky state of mind\, state of emotion\, when I wrote that song\,"\; M arley recalls. "\;You see what'\;s happening in the world\, what&rs quo\;s happening to people\, and it really brings me down sometimes. I alr eady had a few songs that addressed what I was going through personally. B ut when that song found me\, I realized the album was going to have a intr ospective side to it. So that song became my therapy\; when I started play ing that\, it just uplifted me."\; So did the creative process of Brig htside\, which was entirely different than anything he'\;s done to date . Similar to his second solo album\, Love Is My Religion -- which coincide ntally celebrates its 20th anniversary this year -- Marley considers Brigh tside "\;a milestone\,"\; a venture into new methods and direction s that extend from songwriting through the studio production process. &quo t\;I'\;m still learning\,"\; he notes. "\;I'\;m a student\, and I'\;ve been searching for music all my life. I'\;m still searchi ng for music\, step by step. Where I am now is a good time for the examina tion\, you know?"\; For starters\, Marley approached the songs as writ ings rather than creating them as music on the studio floor\, as he has on previous efforts. "\;Sometimes I get into the studio and I focus on t he music\,"\; he explains\, "\;and the beat captures you and you b uild the songs from there. But with this record I made a very conscious de cision to work on the songs\, the lyrics\, the melody and the structure be fore I started the instrumentation.&rdquo\; "\;What I know is that if you have good lyrics that you love\, you can feel it. It'\;s touching y ou. It'\;s a greater feeling than ever before. So the words and melody became the dominant things. I didn'\;t just go into the studio and star t making the music. I came in with the songs."\; Once those were in pl ace\, Marley invited his brother to join him on the production in Los Ange les while rehearsing with the album&rsquo\;s musicians. This eclectic corp s of instrumentalists have worked with Jimmy Cliff\, Eric Clapton\, Prince \, Olivia Rodrigo\, Beck\, Death Cab For Cutie and others. "\;It'\; s been a while since I rehearsed for a record\,"\; Marley says with a laugh. "\;It was a vibe. I had the demos already laid out with the bas ic foundation and the ideas and we just listened and we made changes and w e created and just made it happen."\; Marley'\;s third "\;layer "\; of approach to the album\, meanwhile\, was more technical. Brights ide ditches the modern standard tuning of 440Hz\, and instead was recorded using 432Hz&mdash\;a soothing sonic frequency regularly employed for medi tation and other mindful practices. It brings a warm\, soulful depth to th e mix\, which underscores the album'\;s healing intent. "\;I'\;v e been hearing about it for years but never investigated it '\;til rece ntly\,"\; Marley says\, noting that a new console -- designed by the l egendary Rupert Neve -- and other gear at Rebel Lion Studio were also inst rumental in creating the emotional vibration that runs through the album. "\;That was our dream\, just bringing things through Earth\, and we ac hieved that\,"\; he acknowledges. That'\;s certainly the case from the first drum roll and brass honks that kick off "\;JAH We Give Glory \,"\; a joyful prayer celebrating his own spirituality and faith. &quo t\;Racism Is A Killa"\; incorporates elements of funk and Curtis Mayfi eld'\;s conscious soul. Vocalist Nikka Costa\, a longtime Marley friend \, elevates "\;Hey People Now'\;s"\; exhortation of activism an d unity\, while Trombone Shorty and Sheila E. add to the musical dynamics of "\;Why Let the World."\; Jake Shimabukuro'\;s ukulele adds s himmer to the island-flavored "\;Make It Paradise."\; And "\;M any Mourn For Bob"\; takes moving stock of his father&rsquo\;s legacy --incorporating recordings of the senior Marley&rsquo\;s voice as well as a cameo by his brother Stephen Marley. "\;The music that we call regga e music is a living thing\,"\; explains Marley\, who produced the reco rd-breaking 2024 biopic\, Bob Marley: One Love. "\;It'\;s not somet hing of the past that you just make a copy of. It'\;s something that ke eps on living. Living things move and breathe\, so I think that is in my D NA to keep the music living. My mind is as curious and as open as it was w hen I was a baby. It has a lot more information now\, but it'\;s never closed off. You don'\;t forget the past\, you don'\;t dismiss it\, b ut you don'\;t stop moving forward."\; That'\;s been the case th roughout Marley'\;s life in music\, of course. Born David Robert Nesta Marley in Trench Town\, Jamaica\, he sat in on his first Wailers recording sessions when he was just seven years old. Ziggy then formed The Melody M akers in 1979 with brother Stephen and sisters Sharon and Cedella. With th eir third album\, 1988&rsquo\;s Conscious Party &ndash\; produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads &ndash\; Ziggy Marley &\; Th e Melody Makers won their first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. The gr oup won two more Grammys during a nine-album\, thirteen-year run. Ziggy we nt solo with 2003'\;s Dragonfly\, and added another six Grammy Awards t o his mantle. He also received a Daytime Emmy Award\, a UCLA George and Ir a Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement\, and a Hall of Fame ind uction from the International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA). Marl ey has collaborated on songs with Carlos Santana\, Sting\, Willie Nelson\, Paul Simon\, Tom Morello\, Juanes\, Sheryl Crow\, Alanis Morrisette\, Bus ta Rhymes\, Jack Johnson\, Angelique Kidjo\, Kenny Chesney\, Ben Harper\, Maluma\, Carlos Vives\, Natiruts\, and others. Notably\, Ziggy also record ed the theme song for the long-running beloved PBS Kids&rsquo\; television series Arthur\, &ldquo\;Believe In Yourself (A Wonderful Kind Of Day).&rd quo\; It'\;s a formidable track record of accomplishments\, but Marley who plans to tour in support of Brightside is not nearly finished. "\; Every day is new to me\,"\; he says. "\;Every day feels like the f irst day. All the knowledge that I have\, everything that I'\;ve learne d over those years\, all the people I'\;ve learned from...I take all th at and I keep adding and growing. This is another step."\; Beyond bein g an artist\, Ziggy is deeply committed to humanitarian efforts through hi s charity\, U.R.G.E. (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment)\, which bu ilds new schools\, operates health clinics and supports organizations such as Food for the Poor\, Health Care International\, the Chepstowe Basic Sc hool in Jamaica and Heart of Los Angeles. Whether in the studio\, on tour\ , or in service to others\, Ziggy Marley remains devoted to inspiring posi tive change &mdash\; one song\, one action\, and one moment at a time. Vis it www.urgefoundation.org for more information. For more\, visit ziggymarl ey.com and all socials at @ziggymarley. Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion.

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