Ziggy has designed a shirt for the Fashion Against AIDS collection, which aims to spread awareness about HIV-AIDS among young people.

Ziggy is one of many artists participating in this combined effort "coordinated by DAA and YouthAIDS, Population Services International’s (PSI) HIV/AIDS prevention initiative which reaches more than 600 million young people in 60 countries."

Click here for more information.

When last Ziggy was in Miami, he was presented with a beautiful plaque from the City of Miami. The generous gift included the following text:

"The City of Miami salutes Ziggy Marley...Preaching Love & Creating Reggae Magic in America's Gateway City"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Man on a Mission: Ziggy Marley - Realizing His Father's Dream

Independent-Label Release Pairs Tuff Gong Worldwide with Ryko Distribution Kingston, Jamaica (November 19, 2007) - Ziggy Marley announces the re-release of his Grammy-winning album Love Is My Religion, including three bonus tracks as well as an independent distribution deal. In a bold move, Marley is eschewing the traditional record industry formula and big name labels, instead penning a distribution deal between Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ryko Distribution.

Love Is My Religion was originally released in the US exclusively at...(read full press release)

How's a new CD with 3 bonus tracks AND a booklet signed by Ziggy sound? The pre-sale for these personalized discs is on now at NewburyComics.com!

Please click here to check it out

Ziggy went YouTubing.  He was pleased to find people doing cool stuff with his music.

So we went out searching for more, and put together a collection. We'd love to see it grow even more. Anything you'd like to share that in any way involved or was inspired by Ziggy's music is welcome here. We're always open to submissions and once a month, we'll pick our favs and send various goodies to those contributors.

Click here for all the details!

"hi this is Ziggy I really enjoyed playing the kids stage @ ACL. Check out a few photos. One love."

 

Click here to see the photos!

Replays

For those of you with access to NBC, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno will be replaying Angelique Kidjo's performance of "Sedjedo" featuring Ziggy! Check it out on Thursday, August 16th.

 

 

 

Replies

Our call for first person accounts of Ziggy's shows and his influence on those who dig his music, has been answered, many times! Big thanks to all who took the time to share their stories, pictures, and artwork. The quality of response was so good, we altered our rules. Instead of giving away 8 copies of the new Bob Marley remixed CD, "Roots, Rock, Remixed", we decided to send out 12!

Please click here to see the results!

Quite awhile ago, we started the challenge to pose new and interesting questions to Ziggy.  We narrowed it down, and now, have the three questions selected along with the answers from Ziggy!

Please click here to see the results!

We have 8 copies of Bob Marley's "Roots, Rock Remixed" to giveaway! To be entered into this contest is very easy.

If you have a picture, painting, written or video account relating to Ziggy, please share it with us. Or if you'd like to create your own video for Ziggy's song "Into the Groove", you can share that too.

Read on for more details!

We've added all kinds of new ways to hear, watch and see Ziggy!

Music
* We've added new tracks to the music player at Ziggy's Myspace page! Please click here to visit.

* A new version of "Ziggy Radio" is online! Please click here to give a listen.

Videos
* Thanks to the folks at BobMarley.com, we have two new videos featuring discussions with Ziggy while he was at Bonnaroo. Please click here to see them.

Pictures
* We've built Ziggy's own Flickr Photo Gallery with favs of the past, and some new ones. We're eager for your comments and contributions to make it even better! Please click here to view Ziggy's new gallery.

Ziggy, Stephen and Damian are the subjects of an article titled "Rising Sons" in Entertainment Weekly.

''We can't get away from the legacy of our father,'' Ziggy says. ''We don't run away from that. We embrace it. His purpose was to bring light to darkness and to open people's minds and consciousness. We do the same work because it's a spiritual lineage. It's not a make-believe thing we do. Our thing is real.''

Please click here to read the article at Entertainment Weekly.

Ziggy will be on Chris Goldfinger's show on the BBC. This show will be on at Midnight Sunday, London time.

To see what time it will be on where you live, please click here.

To hear the show live at that time, please click here.

If you miss it, to listen to the show after, please click here.

Quite a few options to hear Ziggy in podcasts these days.

1) The Dawn and Drew Show

Ziggy did and extensive interview with podcasters Dawn and Drew a few weeks ago and the day has finally arrived to hear it!

Please click here to listen to the interview!

2) Ziggy Radio

Today we unveil the first episode of Ziggy Radio.  We put together the first show ourselves, featuring three of Ziggy's songs and some other cool stuff we found.  We hope to have  your suggestions and contributions for the next one.

Please click here to listen to Ziggy Radio!

3) The Podsafe Music Network

Are you a podcaster?  Do you want to be?  Ziggy has uploaded "Into the Groove" to the podsafe music network meaning other podcasters can play it on their shows.

Please click here to visit Ziggy's podsafe page

1) New Tour Dates Added!  Many European dates added in July.

Please click here to check Ziggy's Calendar

2) Thank you Natalie!  In our mail just recently, we received a donation for Ziggy's charity, U.R.G.E., from Natalie Baxter.  Many thanks for your contribution!

Update: yet another donation check arrived!  This one from Mr. D Breaux.  Thanks Mr. Breaux!

Ziggy has completed his latest video!  We hope you enjoy.

Click here to see the video for "Into the Groove".

You can check out Ziggy's other videos from there as well.  Feel free to tell us what you think by clicking on the comments link below.

Many thanks to everyone who sent in a question to the Ask Ziggy Challenge.  In addition to the questions, there were many appreciated thoughtful comments as well.

Wow, what a flood of questions!  70 found their way to the site, and we can only pass along three to Ziggy.  Only three!

Now the hard part, which three?

We've narrowed the field down to 22 questions.  This was a very difficult process, but 70 questions would have been a few too many.

Stage two entails selecting three from 22.  Your input is needed!

Click here to see the questions and leave your comments.

On Tuesday, May 22nd, Ziggy will be joining Angelique Kidjo on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Check your local listings for the exact time it will air in your area on the NBC network.

Update: NBC is sharing the audio of the song they performed online!

Please click here to hear it

GRAMMY WINNER ZIGGY MARLEY TO MEET WITH BAY AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LITTLE KIDS ROCK MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

May 11, 2007 – Santa Rosa, CA - Little Kids Rock (LKR), a program providing free instruments and instruction for public school students, today announced that Ziggy Marley will meet with elementary school students participating in the Little Kids Rock program at Santa Rosa Charter School. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 15 at 1:30pm in Santa Rosa at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, where Marley will have a concert in the evening, at 50 Mark West Springs Road....(read full press release)

Recently, two podcasters, Dawn and Drew, had the opportunity to talk with Ziggy.

The interview will be available June 1. Their experience of interviewing Ziggy is available now.

They also provide some teasers of many surprises we have lined up for June - including the opportunity to win tickets to one of Ziggy's June shows.

Click here to check out their tale of interviewing Ziggy.

U.R.G.E. HOSTS ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR AT NINE MILE, ST. ANN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kingston, Jamaica

April 30, 2007

U.R.G.E. (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment), the charitable organization founded by Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers sponsored its annual Health Fair on Saturday, April 26, 2007 at the Cedella Marley Booker Basic School in Nine Mile, St. Ann.

Dr. Lewin Bruno, a physician and Director of Travel Advisory Service at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, CA and who also teaches medical students at UCLA Medical School, spearheaded a 25-member team of 12 physicians including a dentist and acupuncturist, four nurses, dietician, medical students and support staff....(read full press release)

Would you like to ask Ziggy a question?

Okay, but consider this...Ziggy has been answering question after question most of his life. 

So the challenge.  Can you ask Ziggy a question, a good, respectful question, that has not been asked of him before?

If you think you have a good one, please use the comments link below to post it.

Once your question is posted, everyone else is free to note if it has already been asked.  And everyone is free to rate your question.

In a few weeks or so, we'll decide the three best original questions.

These questions will be passed along to Ziggy, and we'll post the answers here.

Update: All done taking questions.  Now we've moved on the stage two.

Click here to see current results.

While reading a very nice review about Stephen Marley, the introduction, formed a question: "Must we compare?".

This is the introduction:

 

"But with apologies to Ziggy, there's only one artist who really has the goods--talent, bloodlines, charisma, and most of all, voice--to pull it off.

Stephen Marley, Bob's middle son, is probably the most talented of his 13 children..."

 

Do you think these comparisons are necessary?  Do you rank Marleys in your free time?

Please hit the comment link below and share your thoughts.

 *  Some new tour dates went up today...a show in Vegas and some shows in California.  More soon come!  Click here for tour dates.

 *  Happy Birthday to Stephen!

 *  Ky-Mani Marley contributed a song to an anthology called "A Song for My Father".  Ziggy produced the track.

 *  Ziggy contributed to a track on Angelique Kidjo's new album, "Djin Djin".  The new record should be out in May.  The track Ziggy contributed to is called, "Sedjedo".

 *  Would you like some of Ziggy's guitar strings and a way to support charity?  Click here to check out the Relix Band.

Use of Bob Marley's song, "One Love",  in a Ford commercial featuring American Idol contestants and Kermit the Frog, has drawn some mixed reviews.

Click here to check out the commercial.

Click the "comments" link below to share your thoughts about it.

Ziggy is on the road!  The long tour will see him through China, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, the US, Finland and Sweden.  New tour dates have been posted...and just may soon be updated to include more.

Interested in pre-sale tickets?  Click me!

And to those of you planning to attend shows...be safe, thank you for joining in the music, and please feel free to send a note and share your experience with us.

ZIGGY MARLEY AND URGE CO-SPONSORS PROJECT WITH THE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN NINE MILES, ST. ANN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.

15th March, 2007

Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (URGE), a charitable organization founded and operated by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers is pleased to announce that it is a co-sponsor with the Sports Development Association in building a multi-court facility at the Nine Miles Community Centre, Nine Miles, St. Ann. The construction of a multi-court facility will be home to netball, basketball and similar sports.

Most recently, a One Love football tournament kicked off at the Community Centre with...(read full press release)

The students of the grade 5 and 6 at St. Luke's School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, are working on a project in memory of the victims of the 1994 tragedy in Rwanda where 800,000 people perished in 100 days.

Their goal is to create a memorial by collecting 800,000 "Angel Feathers" - one feather for every genocide victim.

They can use your help.  Please check out their site for more information: One Angel at a Time.

This Holiday Season U.R.G.E donated a hot plate and re-upholstered some furniture for the girls at Mary's Child to help in their efforts in opening a "tuck" shop where they will sell snacks and patties to the Jamaican College students and surrounding communities.

U.R.G.E also gave a holiday party with a Christmas lunch for the children at Glenhope with clowns, face painting and lots of fun and games. U.R.G.E would like to thank all the volunteers who help makes these events possible.

ZIGGY MARLEY'S LOVE IS MY RELIGION WINS GRAMMY® AWARD

Marley Captures Best Reggae Album At The 49th Annual Grammy® Awards

Los Angeles, CA (February 16th, 2007) – Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ziggy Marley, won the award for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, February 11th for his second solo studio album Love Is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide). This marks Marley's 1st win as a solo artist and his 4th total in the Best Reggae category. Marley has three previous wins with Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers.

"I'm honored and appreciative that this very personal album was...(read full press release)

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