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SUMMARY:Ziggy Marley
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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.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Ziggy Marley is a nine-time Grammy award-winni
 ng musician\, Emmy winner\, producer\, and humanitarian. He has spent his 
 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 rooted
  in history while continually forging his own creative path. From his earl
 y days performing alongside his family to a solo career spanning decades\,
  Ziggy’s music blends reggae\, soul\, rock\, and global rhythms — alwa
 ys guided by messages of love\, justice\, and resilience. His work speaks 
 not only to personal reflection but to collective responsibility\, encoura
 ging listeners to engage the world with clarity and compassion. Brightside
  is the title of Ziggy Marley's ninth solo studio album and first since hi
 s 2020 children’s album\, More Family Time. Brightside’s eight songs 
 – co-produced by Ziggy and his brother Stephen\, and recorded at his new
 ly built Rebel Lion Studio in Los Angeles – offers a different frequency
  of music\, and messages of hope\, perseverance and positivity in the face
  of troubled times. Rooted in honesty and lived experience\, Brightside re
 veals a deeper\, more intimate perspective while still carrying a universa
 l appeal. \"The brightside is my world\,\" explains Marley. \"We are confi
 dent in the victory of good over evil. We're not guessing. We understand t
 hat. So no matter what you see going on\, we have no doubts. We have to gi
 ve life a chance. There's always a reason for life to go on.\" He points e
 xplicitly to the song \"Why Let the World\,\" with its brass-led reggae ca
 dence and refrain of \"Why let the world trouble me?\,\" as Brightside's k
 ey thematic lynch pin. \"I was in a funky mood\, a funky state of mind\, s
 tate of emotion\, when I wrote that song\,\" Marley recalls. \"You see wha
 t's happening in the world\, what’s happening to people\, and it really 
 brings me down sometimes. I already had a few songs that addressed what I 
 was going through personally. But when that song found me\, I realized the
  album was going to have a introspective side to it. So that song became m
 y therapy\; when I started playing that\, it just uplifted me.\" So did th
 e creative process of Brightside\, which was entirely different than anyth
 ing he's done to date. Similar to his second solo album\, Love Is My Relig
 ion -- which coincidentally celebrates its 20th anniversary this year -- M
 arley considers Brightside \"a milestone\,\" a venture into new methods an
 d directions that extend from songwriting through the studio production pr
 ocess. \"I'm still learning\,\" he notes. \"I'm a student\, and I've been 
 searching for music all my life. I'm still searching for music\, step by s
 tep. Where I am now is a good time for the examination\, you know?\" For s
 tarters\, Marley approached the songs as writings rather than creating the
 m as music on the studio floor\, as he has on previous efforts. \"Sometime
 s I get into the studio and I focus on the music\,\" he explains\, \"and t
 he beat captures you and you build the songs from there. But with this rec
 ord I made a very conscious decision to work on the songs\, the lyrics\, t
 he melody and the structure before I started the instrumentation.” \"Wha
 t I know is that if you have good lyrics that you love\, you can feel it. 
 It's touching you. It's a greater feeling than ever before. So the words a
 nd melody became the dominant things. I didn't just go into the studio and
  start 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’s musicians. This eclectic corps of 
 instrumentalists have worked with Jimmy Cliff\, Eric Clapton\, Prince\, Ol
 ivia 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 vi
 be. I had the demos already laid out with the basic foundation and the ide
 as and we just listened and we made changes and we created and just made i
 t happen.\" Marley's third \"layer\" of approach to the album\, meanwhile\
 , was more technical. Brightside ditches the modern standard tuning of 440
 Hz\, and instead was recorded using 432Hz—a soothing sonic frequency reg
 ularly employed for meditation and other mindful practices. It brings a wa
 rm\, soulful depth to the mix\, which underscores the album's healing inte
 nt. \"I've been hearing about it for years but never investigated it 'til 
 recently\,\" Marley says\, noting that a new console -- designed by the le
 gendary Rupert Neve -- and other gear at Rebel Lion Studio were also instr
 umental in creating the emotional vibration that runs through the album. \
 "That was our dream\, just bringing things through Earth\, and we achieved
  that\,\" he acknowledges. That's certainly the case from the first drum r
 oll and brass honks that kick off \"JAH We Give Glory\,\" a joyful prayer 
 celebrating his own spirituality and faith. \"Racism Is A Killa\" incorpor
 ates elements of funk and Curtis Mayfield's conscious soul. Vocalist Nikka
  Costa\, a longtime Marley friend\, elevates \"Hey People Now's\" exhortat
 ion of activism and unity\, while Trombone Shorty and Sheila E. add to the
  musical dynamics of \"Why Let the World.\" Jake Shimabukuro's ukulele add
 s shimmer to the island-flavored \"Make It Paradise.\" And \"Many Mourn Fo
 r Bob\" takes moving stock of his father’s legacy --incorporating record
 ings of the senior Marley’s voice as well as a cameo by his brother Step
 hen Marley. \"The music that we call reggae music is a living thing\,\" ex
 plains Marley\, who produced the record-breaking 2024 biopic\, Bob Marley:
  One Love. \"It's not something of the past that you just make a copy of. 
 It's something that keeps on living. Living things move and breathe\, so I
  think that is in my DNA to keep the music living. My mind is as curious a
 nd as open as it was when 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\, but you don't stop moving forward.\" That's been the case throughout
  Marley's life in music\, of course. Born David Robert Nesta Marley in Tre
 nch Town\, Jamaica\, he sat in on his first Wailers recording sessions whe
 n he was just seven years old. Ziggy then formed The Melody Makers in 1979
  with brother Stephen and sisters Sharon and Cedella. With their third alb
 um\, 1988’s Conscious Party – produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymou
 th of Talking Heads – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers won their first G
 rammy Award for Best Reggae Album. The group won two more Grammys during a
  nine-album\, thirteen-year run. Ziggy went solo with 2003's Dragonfly\, a
 nd added another six Grammy Awards to his mantle. He also received a Dayti
 me Emmy Award\, a UCLA George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical 
 Achievement\, and a Hall of Fame induction from the International Reggae A
 nd World Music Awards (IRAWMA). Marley has collaborated on songs with Carl
 os Santana\, Sting\, Willie Nelson\, Paul Simon\, Tom Morello\, Juanes\, S
 heryl Crow\, Alanis Morrisette\, Busta Rhymes\, Jack Johnson\, Angelique K
 idjo\, Kenny Chesney\, Ben Harper\, Maluma\, Carlos Vives\, Natiruts\, and
  others. Notably\, Ziggy also recorded the theme song for the long-running
  beloved PBS Kids’ television series Arthur\, “Believe In Yourself (A 
 Wonderful Kind Of Day).” It's a formidable track record of accomplishmen
 ts\, but Marley who plans to tour in support of Brightside is not nearly f
 inished. \"Every day is new to me\,\" he says. \"Every day feels like the 
 first day. All the knowledge that I have\, everything that I've learned ov
 er those years\, all the people I've learned from...I take all that and I 
 keep adding and growing. This is another step.\" Beyond being an artist\, 
 Ziggy is deeply committed to humanitarian efforts through his charity\, U.
 R.G.E. (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment)\, which builds new schoo
 ls\, operates health clinics and supports organizations such as Food for t
 he Poor\, Health Care International\, the Chepstowe Basic School in Jamaic
 a and Heart of Los Angeles. Whether in the studio\, on tour\, or in servic
 e to others\, Ziggy Marley remains devoted to inspiring positive change 
 — one song\, one action\, and one moment at a time. Visit www.urgefounda
 tion.org for more information. For more\, visit ziggymarley.com and all so
 cials at @ziggymarley. Venue: Freeman Arts Pavilion.
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