MARLEY CEREBRATED IN NEW ZEALAND
Marley celebrated in New Zealand
Bob Marley
Reggae music has always found favour in the music market of New Zealand, and 35 years after the death of Reggae King Bob Marley that country continues to pay homage to the man and his music.
Some of New Zealand’s biggest musical stars will come together in the city of Tauranga — one of the country’s main centres for business, international trade, culture and fashion — to pay their respects to Marley with an outdoor concert in December.
According to the organisers, the Marley — NZ All-Stars Celebrate the Legend concert will be held at Wharepai Domain to recognise and celebrate the late singer’s legacy. Boh Runga and Tiki Taane will join musicians such as Ria Hall, Logan Bell (Katchafire), Laughton Kora (Kinetic, Kora), Jason Kerrison (OpShop, Babysitters Circus and Fungi), Anna Coddington, Fran Kora (Kora) and P Diggs (Shapeshifter) to perform Marley’s biggest hits. The Modern Maori Quartet are expected to open the concert.
Internet reports quote concert promoter Jackie Sanders saying the concert would be “unique and special”.
“His music continues to influence and have an impact on our lives. He was a lover and a fighter. His themes of love, family and togetherness still resonate as strongly as his cry for social justice and revolution,” he is quoted as saying.
The musicians will be backed by the NZ All-Stars band, featuring Grenville Bell, guitar, and Leon Davy, percussion (both from Katchafire); Fran Kora, bass and vocals (Kora); Lucien Johnson, sax, and Barrett Hocking, trumpet (both from The Black Seeds); Paul Russell, drums (Stomp and Supergroove); Joel Shadbolt, guitar (L.A.B); Shelton Woolright, guest drums (I Am Giant, Kinetic and Blindspott) and Godfrey de Grut, keys (for Che Fu, Elemeno P and Brooke Fraser), with I-Three on backing vocals, Boh Runga, Ria Hall and Anna Coddington.
Marley died from cancer in 1981, aged 36.
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