Reggae Vibrations Gets "Wild And Free" With Ziggy Marley

Friday, August 12, 2011 ● 2-4 pm (edt)
WTJU 91.1 FM/Streaming at WTJU.net

Tune in this Friday when your Reggae Vibrations selector Goldfinger airs a recent interview with the great Ziggy Marley on the eve of Ziggy's upcoming tour to Japan in support of his new CD, "Wild And Free".

A five-time Grammy winner, humanitarian, singer, songwriter, producer and Reggae icon, Ziggy Marley has had a fruitful career, in which he has released twelve albums to much critical acclaim. His early immersion in music came at age ten when he sat in on recording sessions with his father, Bob Marley. As front man to Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers, the group released eight best-selling albums that garnered three Grammys, with such chart-topping hits as "Look Who’s Dancing", "Tomorrow People" and "Tumbling Down." Ziggy's first solo album, Dragonfly (RCA Records), was released in 2003. His second solo release, Love is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide), won a Grammy in 2006 for Best Reggae Album. His third solo album, Family Time (Tuff Gong Worldwide), scored him a 5th Grammy award for Best Childrens Album.

Recorded in Los Angeles and Jamaica, and co-produced with Grammy winning producer Don Was (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, George Clinton), "Wild And Free" is the 3^rd album they have worked on together.  From the album’s first single “Forward to Love,” fans will hear the evolution of Marley’s sound: Wild and Free affirms Marley as a master storyteller with an innate sense of soul.  The title track of the album, “Wild and Free,” features friend Woody Harrelson.

 

Submitted by Goldfinger, Reggae Vibrations & WTJU Folk