Just below is a track from Ziggy Marley's new live album featuring his own original classics as well as renditions of songs by his father, the late Bob Marley. Catch Ziggy Marley on his Spring 2013 tour if your can. On Wednesday April 24 at 9PM PST, tune in to watch his Roxy Theatre performance, streamed live through ZiggyMarley.Com. One Love!
Ziggy Marley - Is This Love (Live)
And, next is a live show during the era that Ziggy Marley won his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album that has not lost it's groove in the time since. Sit back and enjoy!
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Full Concert (Conscious Party - Live at The Palladium)
Nneka is a underappreciated rising artist to keep your eye and ear tuned to. She generally sings about important and deeply thoughtful issues in terms of truth, love and justice for all mankind and how that is connected to heavy issues like political corruption, crony capitalism and those insiders benefiting from the ruination of resource centers.
Nneka being from Lagos, Nigeria in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Africa, is all to familiar with life's harsh realities for those in her homeland. The gulf of Mexico oil spill is really, truly nothing.... compared to decades of such never ending raping and pillaging of the Lagos region by global energy cartels.
When Nneka sings, she is singing about real hard core issues, hidden in what often seem like love songs, at first.
At times, a humanitarian voice with the vocal phrasing & articulation of Michael Jackson comes out of Nneka at times. It's likely not a conscious thing, but it's beautiful to witness.
It's never like she is copying anybody. She is a true original and most certainly the real deal on many levels.
Nneka is only one of a small handful of artists with a most powerful sound, who also sings about many things important. That's why she is one to watch, for those who seek revolutionary change for the better.
Please click the play button of the first video below and choose the
high-resolution & screen options. When the first music
video ends, it will automatically be followed by the other videos below,
followed by several more hours of excellent music videos if you choose
to let it roll. Press forward to skip any video or click the reverse
button to replay or return to previous songs, or exit the fullscreen
mode to choose a new video.
Nneka - Africans (2007)
Heartbeat (2007)
Come with Me - (live unplugged in France on madmoiZelle TV)
Soul is Heavy (Title track from Nneka's latest 2011-2012 release)
Do You Love Me Now - (Stellar live acoustic version with Nneka speaking about her backstory :)
Nneka feat. Ziggy Marley & Eeday - Express Yourself
Soundtrack from the 2011 hip-hop feature film titled Beat The World
Bantu feat. Nneka "I'm Waiting"
Soundtrack from the film titled Relentless
God of Mercy (Live in France at Vieilles Charrues Festival - 2009)
The overall theme of Ziggy Marley's fourth solo Album, Wild and Free, is a powerful one, as it propels Marley to challenge social injustice along with the political weapons of ignorance and fear. Wild and Free may be Ziggy's most political and personal to date.
Ziggy Marley's first single from Wild and Free, entitled "Forward to Love" w/ in studio footage
Ziggy Marley -
live performance of Wild and Free at Rototom Sunsplash 2011 - Benicassim Spain
Anyone who has read from this blog, or the archive, knows of Nneka. Here is a track not available on iTunes U.S., but is available on iTunes in other markets. The track entitled "Express Yourself" features features Ziggy Marley & Eeday.
Nneka featuring Ziggy Marley & Eeday
Last year, Nneka toured the U.S. opening for Ziggy Marley's brother Damian Marley. It's great to see the Marley clan has embraced Nneka's music. I feel that Bob Marley would surely appreciate Nneka for the messages she puts forth in most, if not all, of her songs. She is one of my top 5 favorite artists since I first heard her music!
