Title: Photos of 2010 Bermuda Music Festival Ziggy Marley Photos | Bernews.com

Excerpt: Click link above to see gallery of images from show!

Excerpt: The 15th Annual Bermuda Music Festival opened last night [Sept 30] with multi Grammy award-winner Ziggy Marley. The 41-year-old singer, the oldest son of the legendary Bob Marley, is one of four headline acts brought in from overseas.

Title: For Auction: Fender Guitar painted by Ziggy!

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Excerpt: The reggae legend and Little Kids Rock honorary board member has won five Grammy Awards, visited with several Little Kids Rock students, and has successfully carried on his father's legacy of spreading love and music throughout the world. "I know how important music can be in a child's growth and development," Marley said. That is why the proceeds from this guitar will go directly toward supplying instruments and music education to underfunded public schools nationwide. www.ziggymarley.com ***Note*** You are bidding on a one-of-a-kind guitar personally decorated and/or autographed by the artist. 100% of the proceeds go to Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit that restores and revitalizes music programs in underfunded public schools nationwide.

Title: Ziggy remembers Bermuda as a favourite place

Excerpt: Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, returns to what he describes as one of his favourite countries this weekend to grace the stage at the Bermuda Music Festival.

Excerpt: Q: The decriminalization of cannabis arose again recently as an issue in Bermuda — what are your thoughts on it?

A: We have to decriminalize the plant — not just the smoking but all of it because there is a benefit to the whole earth in this plant. I believe it is a gift from God.

If you can allow drinking and smoking then why not that? Herb is the least of those “evils” — alcohol is much worse than weed. The struggle shouldn’t be limited to herb on a medicinal or smoking level — the plant is so much more valuable than the stereotype.

If you overdo it and abuse it you are in trouble. If you drink too much water you can die — if you eat too much hamburger. A lot of people are addicted to cough syrup and pharmaceutical drugs. If you can give my people alcohol and cigarettes then (laughs) you are being prejudiced. We can use the plant for everything. If you fight against marijuana, it’s a fight against nature, it’s a fight against God, a fight against God Almighty because God gave us that plant in its purest form to use.

Excerpt: Q: What are you reading right now?

A: The Nine Faces of Christ (which deals with the inspired and relentless search for the true religion through the story of a messiah crucified in 57BC) and also The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer which is about the many uses of hemp and marijuana. I am educating myself about the plant and I want the whole world to educate themselves. This plant is unbelievable and it’s just a weed — the simplest thing on earth.

Excerpt: Q: What would you be if not a musician?

A: I’d like to be a farmer or a counsellor, an inspirational person.

Excerpt: Q: Are you still enjoying the life of a musician?

A: I’m an individual — life of a musician may not apply to me because I am me — I love my life — I love making music, exercising, knowing that the universe exists and there is more to life than we know. Music is always coming out of me — as long as I have inspiration I will always make music. It brings me closer to God.

Title: Ziggy Marley, jammin' at Skirball

Excerpt: Grammy-award-winning artist Ziggy Marley, son of late reggae legend Bob Marley, performed to a sold-out crowd yesterday.

Excerpt: The crowd's excitement increased, as Marley's performance went on — reaching its loudest when Marley's six-person band began playing the instrumentals to "Get Up, Stand Up," arguably one of Bob Marley's most popular songs.

Marley then returned to his own hits, like "True to Myself" and "Love Is My Religion," his album of the same name that won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 2007.

Title: Soundcheck: Ziggy on WNYC

Excerpt: Click link above to listen to interview!

Excerpt: The eldest son of the late Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley began carving out his own musical path during the 1980s with the Melody Makers. As a children’s music star, he has dueted with Dora the Explorer on one of his father’s songs, appeared on Sesame Street and won a Grammy for his recent album, Family Time.

He joins us to talk about his career.

Title: Video: Ziggy Marley's Marijuanaman A Proverbial Hit at Comic-Con

Excerpt: The IFC News team bumped into rock star Ziggy Marley on the convention floor at Comic-Con 2010, and got the scoop on his new super-hero book "Marijuanaman." The book's publisher, Image Comics, describes its protagonist as a being "from a planet that is in desperate need of THC. Marijuanaman seeks to save Earth's marijuana fields from destruction by the drug company PharmeXon, and thus saving his home planet from destruction."

Excerpt: Hit link above to visit page and see video.

Title: Marley's message makes the music

Excerpt: "Children are everything," said David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley recently during some downtime between a trip to South Africa and a handful of upcoming West Coast dates.

Excerpt: "When I did that record," he said, "it just solidified things I'd been thinking about for a long time. Reaching children is the only way to change the stagnant, social maladies of society. We need to dedicate ourselves to children and give them the best education possible. And not just what's in the curriculum. We need to teach them about love. They all need to know what it takes to be a good human being in the world, not just what it takes to get a job."

Excerpt: "It was important for me to honor the message of my father," Marley said. "African unity is something I want to sing about and something I believe in. It's one of my real passions to do whatever I can to bring the idea of unity in Africa back to the table. Nobody's talking about it. Nobody's even thinking about it. But in my heart, I have to know that I did my part. In whatever shape or form, that's the dream."

Excerpt: "All of this is music that we want to be passed on," Marley said. "What we try to do is intended to be multigenerational. It's like when I pass on my father's music or Miles Davis to my children now. It's what I feel strongly about and what I want my children to know. It's supposed to be like that and hopefully others feel the same."

Title: Ziggy sends rastas into frenzy

Excerpt: WITH the World Cup taking a break yesterday, thousands of screamers welcomed reggae star Ziggy Marley at Elkah Stadium, Soweto.

Excerpt: Rastas, wannabes and followers of reggae music turned out in their numbers for the free concert. Rastas smoked marijuana, with no care in the world while the police watched from a distance.

Excerpt: The star gave an energetic performance for more than 90 minutes. He also rendered old songs such as Rise and stand up, Africa Unite, songs made popular by his father.
After the performance, Ziggy rushed to the Bassline in Newtown for another concert staged to raise funds for a charity in Soweto.
Ziggy is in the country with his brothers Rohan and Robbie, and are touring South Africa on motorcycles to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their father’s death.

Title: Ziggy fulfills Marley's Dream

Excerpt: AMID the excitement and hype of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, Ziggy Marley quietly slipped into the country to fulfil his father’s dream of performing in South Africa.

Excerpt: “On Sunday I am going to fulfil my father’s life-long dream of performing in South Africa with a local band. It’s an honour for me and the family because we know just how much the African people loved my father.
“He appreciated that and always expressed a wish to build a studio with gold in Africa. We want to continue with the Africa Unite legacy. It’s very important to the family,” Marley says, recalling the impact the Africa Unite Concert which celebrated his father’s 60th anniversary celebration in Ethiopia in 2005.

Excerpt: “What better way to celebrate our father’s legacy than during an important celebration like this,” Marley says rhetorically.

Excerpt: “I will go back home and tell the people just how hospitable the people really are. It’s like any other city in the world. South Africa is a great place,” Marley says.

Title: Ziggy, comic book author, signing at Comic-Con

Excerpt: Grammy Award-winning musician Ziggy Marley is adding another title to his already impressive resume: comic book author.

Excerpt: Now, Ziggy is blazing into the comic world with his latest project, MARIJUANAMAN. Ziggy's new superhero, Marijuanaman, is from a planet that is in desperate need of THC. Marijuanaman seeks to save Earth's marijuana fields from destruction by the drug company PharmeXon, and thus saving his home planet from destruction.

Excerpt: "I have been reading comics since I was a little boy in Jamaica,” Ziggy declares. “I am very excited to be a part of Image Comics, Comic-Con, and the comic book community."

Title: Tunecore blogs about Wild and Free Ziggy

Excerpt: A TuneCore Artist since early 2006, Ziggy Marley is back with a new single, Africa Land, in honor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. I had the chance to chat with him about the new release that is close to his heart, and his thoughts on how focusing on single releases and offering free downloads is helping him get his music, and message, out to more listeners than ever.

Excerpt: His concept was to bring together the sounds and groove of African reggae and dancehall beats to create something that could be danced to. This was a collaboration in cultures, styles, and artists, and in this way, the bones of the song itself symbolize unity as much as the meaning that comes through in the lyrics.

Excerpt: I asked Marley why it was so important for him to distribute Africa Land, as well as the other Wild and Free singles, to stores that would sell it at no cost. His answer? "I don’t need to sell everything⎯everything is not about selling, buying, and commerce. Some things are just about giving." He sees this "giving model" as a way for any artist, no matter how well known, to get music out and generate interest. If the object is to be heard, the music needs to be out there, and easily obtainable: "Let people get more exposed to your music so they may be willing to buy some music eventually."

Excerpt: So how has digital distribution shaped him as an artist? For one, it has gotten him much more involved in music creation as well as the music community in general. "When I started out doing music, everything was physical. I’m really starting to want to communicate more with the fans over the internet and get a feel for what they’re feeling and work with them to make some good music for them. I like that interaction actually, it helps me to make better music."

Title: Let Africa unite! Ziggy Marley does free song for World Cup

Excerpt: Reggae musician Ziggy Marley is focusing less on the FIFA World Cup to be held this summer in South Africa and more on the bigger picture of African unity in his latest single Africa Land.

Excerpt: In a recent telephone interview with The Sunday Gleaner, Marley said, "Well, di song was inspired by the historic occasion of the World Cup being in South Africa for the first time and the importance of that attention. The World Cup in Africa has potential for Africa that can be used for a greater plan. Africa can use the World Cup rather dan the World Cup use Africa."

Excerpt: Not an official song for the World Cup tournament, Marley refers to Africa Land as a 'guerilla' song that will help Africa to look at itself and help build a better tomorrow. He told The Sunday Gleaner, "I want Africa to look at itself and use dis as an opportunity to uplift itself beyond di World Cup ... African unity should be di goal."

Excerpt: As for the future, Ziggy Marley is keeping himself busy working on a movie project he hopes Hollywood will be interested in, among other things.

Title: Ziggy Marley on His 2010 World Cup Song

Excerpt: Besides a good spliff, among the things that Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley loved best in life were 1) music 2) Africa and 3) soccer. Ziggy Marley, his eldest son, has brought all three of those things together in a new song, “Africa Land,” that he’s released to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the fact that the competition is being held in South Africa.

Excerpt: WSJ: Why is it important to you that the World Cup is being held in South Africa?

ZIGGY: For one it is about time. But even more important it gives Africa and the world the opportunity to see Africa in a positive light and maybe to use this chance in my opinion to further Africa’s full potential for the future. This is a new beginning. My hope is that this will be a catalyst for further positive development on the continent of Africa.

Excerpt: WSJ:Your new song is about global unity. How do you feel about the violence taking place in Kingston recently?

ZIGGY:The new song for me is really about African unity which the global community is connected to. So in a way African unity will affect global unity. The violence in Kingston is unfortunate and it shows that Jamaica is in desperate need of true leadership. Leadership that is respected, trusted and loved by the people of Jamaica, leadership with wisdom. This goes for both sides. The politics in Jamaica needs to evolve beyond its past now. The old way cannot be the new way and that is [why] you need leaders that have the ability to inspire the people. Jamaica is in darkness; we need light.

Title: Hawaii Public Radio Interview with Ziggy

Excerpt: Click link above to hear interview

Excerpt: Ziggy Marley returns to Honolulu later this month for a pair of shows at Jack Johnson's Kokua Festival benefit concerts. Speaking from his L.A. home, Ziggy told HPR about the unusually strong connection music fans throughout Hawaii have with his father, Bob Marley.

Title: Ziggy Marley working on movie

Excerpt: "We are developing a story that we will be tweaking into a script," he disclosed, sounding very excited and a bit cagey about the project.
Not willing to say much more about that particular project, Ziggy also briefly mentioned his newest recordings.
"I am recording around a particular theme which I can't talk about right now," he said, smiling through the phone.
"It might stir up a bit of controversy," said the eldest Marley sibling, the clan to whom controversy is no stranger.

Excerpt: Ziggy, who has plans to be in South Africa for the upcoming World Cup, says he will record with Angelique Kidjo, along with other African artistes, while there.
"Africa is very special to me and I will be going there with the Africa Unite slogan and banner as the backdrop," he said.
Africa Unite is a series of benefit concerts, symposia, fund raisers and events to encourage peace, education and empowerment for youth in Africa, while reinforcing the significance of Bob Marley's Songs of Freedom to manifest change throughout the world. Africa Unite has already been staged in Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa, with the goal of re-uniting Africa.

Excerpt: "My role," Ziggy explained, "is to play a part in promoting African unity and the World Cup platform is an ideal place to continue this journey."

Title: Ziggy learns from Family Time

Excerpt: "This is the easiest album I ever made," he told The Sunday Gleaner last Friday. "It changed my whole mindset about recording and producing. It felt so good, so nice. To me, it's like biblical where a simple thing is so powerful. This is definitely one of my best works (even before winning the Grammy)."

Marley, 41, said from the outset he strived for an organic sound.

"We decided not to overproduce," he explained. "Everybody was in studio at one time playing the instruments. We tried to do it as organic as possible."

Excerpt: "Most of what went into Family Time is from experiences with my young ones," said Marley, who has five children. "I look at children differently now. It's been a learning process. I've learned how to be a better observer and listener."

Excerpt: "Kids are the solution to our problems in this world," Marley said, explaining his passion for working for children.

Excerpt: Ziggy's thoughts ...

on his children: "I recognise certain things in them that similar to my father. Them have a lot of them grandfather's spirit in them. Certain behaviour, certain expressions mek mi seh, 'Wait, wah a gwaan?'."

on desires: "There are two things I really want to do. Perform in Jamaica and in Africa some more. We (brothers) plan to shoot a film in South Africa during the World Cup."

on reggae: "Reggae music is a very special thing. It's spiritual when it's done right."

on Stephen winning second Grammy: "I understand it may come under criticism. (Stephen won a Grammy for an acoustic version of an album that won two years ago.) You have to understand that people outside of Jamaica see the music differently than in Jamaica."

On Smile Jamaica concert cancellation: "I'm very disappointed. I'd have to get the details from Stephen to find out what happened, but I believe if it wasn't going to be done right, it shouldn't be done any at all and that's probably what was happening."

on Ziggy Marley presents Dancehall Originators Vol 1: "It's my attempt to let the younger generation know about some of the pioneers. A lot of youths don't know enough about the music. Some people don't know how valuable our culture and music is. Is it mek Jamaica be Jamaica, so we need to know more about our past."

Title: More Marley Grammys

Excerpt: The 52nd annual staging of the Grammy Awards was yet another milestone for reggae family, the Marleys, as brothers Stephen and Ziggy strolled away with the coveted gramaphones in the Best Reggae Album and Best Musical Album for Children categories, respectively.

Excerpt: Ziggy, who is no stranger to the golden gramaphones, climbed over some five other nominees to grip the award with his Family Time album. In a brief comment to this newspaper, the singer said: "I feel very blessed to have travelled on this journey with my family and friends and feel honoured to have the Grammy Academy recognise Family Time."

Excerpt: In 2007, Ziggy's album Love Is My Religion won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

Title: Bob Marley's Spirit Lives on at Grammys

Excerpt: Three of his sons were nominated for prizes on Sunday, and two of them won.

Ziggy Marley, 41, his eldest son, picked up the fifth Grammy of his career, this time in the children's musical album category for his all-star project

Excerpt: Marley, who first made a splash in the 1980s with his sibling group the Melody Makers, corralled the likes of Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson and Toots Hibbert for "Family Time," which also includes two spoken-word pieces from Jamie Lee Curtis. Proceeds went to a school in Jamaica.

Title: HBO's, A Family is a Family is a Family, includes music from Ziggy

Excerpt: A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY: A Rosie O'Donnell CELEBRATION is a moving portrait of the remarkable diversity of families today that challenges stereotypes, highlighting same-sex parents, mixed-heritage families, single parents and stories of adoption. Children speak from the heart about parents, siblings, marriage and love in the exclusive documentary, debuting SUNDAY, JAN. 31 (7:00-7:40 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.

Excerpt: Interspersed with these portraits are musical performances and animated interludes, including: reggae star Ziggy Marley, his mother Rita Marley and sister Cedella Marley performing "I Love You Too"; four-year-old Najorae and her father singing their original song "Love Is the Thing;" 11-year-old Martin and his seven Brothers and Sisters performing "Cario (My Love)," nine-year-old Joey singing "Raised on Love," a song he wrote with his mom and dad; and folk musician Elizabeth Mitchell performing "Blue Clouds" with husband Daniel Littleton and seven-year-old daughter Storey.

Title: Family Time #2 on About.com Best Children's music of 2009 List

Excerpt: Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley's oldest son, has been making music pretty much all his life, but Family Time is his first album for kids and their grownups. Some well-known friends (Paul Simon, Toots Hibbert, Elizabeth Mitchell, and several family members) dropped by to help Ziggy, resulting in an album of loving, fun tunes backed by rootsy, poppy reggae.

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Title: Family Time included in USATODAY's 2009 review

Excerpt: The Consensus: "Ziggy collaborated with some big names like Paul Simon and Jack Johnson" for this celebration of family, says Thomas. It's great for a read trip."

Title: Family Time Nominated for Grammy - Best Musical Album for Children

Excerpt: Field 16 — Children's



Category 76

Best Musical Album For Children
(For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word.)

American Heroes #3
Jonathan Sprout
[Sprout Recordings]

Banjo To Beatbox
Cathy & Marcy With Special Guest Christylez Bacon
[Community Music, Inc.]

Family Time
Ziggy Marley
[Tuff Gong Worldwide]

Great Day
Milkshake
[Milkshake Music]

Jumpin' & Jammin'
Greg & Steve
[Greg & Steve Productions]

Pete Seeger Tribute — Ageless Kids' Songs
Buck Howdy
[Prairie Dog Entertainment]

Title: Family Time on NPR's Best Music of 2009 List

Excerpt: This huge year for Ziggy Marley saw the release of his own Family Time, as well as his father's B Is for Bob collection for kids. Children respond naturally to reggae, and Family Time brings friends (Paul Simon, Jamie Lee Curtis) and family (Rita Marley) together in a spirited celebration of reggae rhythm and pride. "Walk Tall," Ziggy's collaboration with Paul Simon, inspires kids to "walk tall, even when you fall." It's a simple message that works on several levels, yet the album never sacrifices musical quality for teachable moments.

Title: Playing for Change is a confederacy of optimistic buskers

Excerpt: Tonight, nine street musicians from across the globe will play at Club Nokia under the banner of Playing for Change, a name that winks at their busker background and declares their mission of making the world a better place through melody.

Excerpt: "The hope is to connect people that might ordinarily never come together," said Playing for Change creator Mark Johnson. "Regardless of divisions all over the world in religion, the politics, cultural view, economic status . . . music has proven that it can bring us together."

Excerpt: Elliott is one of the 37 musicians featured in the most persistent success of Playing for Change -- the music video for an especially evocative rendition of the Ben E. King hit "Stand by Me," which has been viewed more than 30 million times on YouTube and other Internet video hubs.

Elliott will be at Club Nokia performing along with Playing for Change compatriots Titi Tsira of South Africa, Mohammed Alidu of Ghana, Peter Bunetta of Los Angeles and Clarence Bekker of the Netherlands, in addition to special guests Ziggy Marley and Toots Hibbert.

Excerpt: Johnson said in shows on this tour he's seen an emotional reaction from audiences that is different from the ovations given established stars. He added: "Just like with 'Stand by Me,' you start with one voice, one player, and when you're done, if you did it right, the whole world is singing along."

Title: 2009 Soul Train Awards: Ziggy Nominated for Best Reggae Artist

Excerpt: BEST REGGAE ARTIST AWARD
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Title: Ziggy Marley: Mixing Music And Philanthropy

Excerpt: The son of the late reggae king Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley has filled his father's shoes in more ways than just musical success. Ziggy's humanitarian work, combined with his impressive musical career, have given the singer worldwide recognition.

Excerpt: thropic organizations focused on children, including the Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment, which provides under-privileged U.S. children with a door into the musical world.

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Title: Concert warning issued on drugs

Excerpt: A police advisory was issued just days before today's scheduled Ziggy Marley performance at the Waikiki Shell at 5 p.m. Marley is the son of legendary reggae rocker Bob Marley, and like his father, is an advocate of legalizing marijuana.

Excerpt: Police spokeswoman Michelle Yu said the admonition is not aimed specifically at Marley fans. It was meant to be a general public heads up, along the lines of warnings about police roadblocks during the high school graduation period or reminders about the proper use of fireworks on New Year's Eve.

Excerpt: "It's unfortunate that a few people still don't get it," said Maj. Gregory Lefcourt, whose police district includes the Waikiki Shell. "Although the situation has improved, we're still seeing illegal activity at concerts."

Title: Ziggy in Hawaii

Excerpt: Marley returns to Hawaii to promote his latest recording projects, the light and friendly "Family Time" and "B Is for Bob," the latter a reworking of some of his father's classic tunes for those young at heart. Besides two concerts here and on Maui this weekend, Marley will be making time to do other promotional visits in Honolulu, including appearances at the Hawaii Children's Discovery Center (see box) and the Hard Rock Cafe, both tomorrow. (The private Hard Rock gig comes after being gifted with a handmade Hawaiian steel guitar from the high school students of the Invention Factory project.)

Excerpt: Marley served as executive producer of "B Is for Bob." He said the project "was done specifically for children. We did musical reinterpretations of some of my father's more popular songs to make them more heartfelt, tweaking and fine-tuning them here and there. My children know a lot about their grandfather, and they got a lot of his spirit in them. For example, Gideon likes 'Jammin'," so we beefed up the drums and pushed the rhythm a bit more. A song like 'Three Little Birds' was stripped down to give it a more acoustic, more personal feel. The chorus of 'Small Axe' has children singing on it, and on 'Stir It Up' we edited some of the lyrics to give the song a real different vibe.

Excerpt: "My inspiration nowadays comes from anything from the kids," he said. "I want the best for children, so I keep the best thoughts and inspiration for my music. Children are the solution to our problems."

Excerpt: "I'm a student of life, so I still think I'm growing up to be a better father. Even though I don't see my family often enough, we stay in touch though the computer or talk on the phone. Right now what we do on the tour is important, because the people can benefit from my message that's wrapped in the music."

Excerpt: Another project on the horizon is the long-awaited Bob Marley documentary being put together by veteran director Jonathan Demme.
"Since the family is more involved in this project than others that have been mentioned in the past, people can expect a deeper, more in-depth movie," Marley said. "We plan to make this the ultimate one, where no other documentary before can compare. I'm not sure when it'll be coming to theaters, because we're still working on it and collecting rare footage of my father both on and off stage."

Title: 10 questions for Ziggy

Excerpt: AL:You’re getting toward the end of your tour–are you sick of these interviews yet?

Z: “No, no. It’s irie.”

Excerpt: AL:I understand homosexuality is illegal in Jamaica.

Z:“I think so but I am not 100 percent sure because I don’t read the legal books. People there feel, you know, that it’s not part of our culture that we grew up with. So it’s kept quiet and a lot of people in Jamaica accept it but a lot of the people who accept it still don’t want it to become a norm. But everyone needs to be uplifted. Everywhere. Every age.”

Excerpt: AL:What is it about reggae that appeals to so many people?

Z:“Well, I’m a child inside and I always grew up on my imagination. I think reggae music is more than music. It is a message first. That carries more than music. It uplifts consciousness. It raises consciousness and it can make you dance. So it has that double whammy. Some music makes you dance but it don’t know what to say. Some music says something but it won’t make you dance. But reggae music is both. It’s that easy vibe music. It’s just good vibrations.”

Title: Ziggy Marley Children's Show on Maui

Excerpt: Maui children and their parents are invited to attend a "Family Time Party" featuring a performance by reggae star Ziggy Marley at the Maui Prince Hotel Ballroom in Makena on Sunday, August 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. The event is a benefit for Pacific Whale Foundation's "No Child Left Indoors" Fund that helps disadvantaged island children participate in environmental field trips, regardless of their family's financial situation. (To purchase tickets call (808) 249-8811 ext. 1.)

Excerpt: "We are very honored that Ziggy Marley chose to create this special benefit event for Pacific Whale Foundation's No Child Left Indoors Fund," says Merrill Kaufman, Education Director at Pacific Whale Foundation. "This fund helps to ensure that all Maui schoolchildren are able to participate in whalewatch field trips and other outdoor environmental education events, regardless of their families' ability to pay the school field trip fees."

Excerpt: "It's all about making a difference for kids," she says. "Ziggy is wonderful to create this musical opportunity for Maui kids, and to have it benefit our island kids as well."

Excerpt: Ziggy has long been involved within the children's community. His works include: a rendition of Give A Little Lovewith the Melody Makers on the 1991 Disney compilation For Our Children, the theme-song for the PBS series Arthur, and most memorably, a role in the movie Shark Tale as the voice of the Rasta jellyfish, Ernie. He has founded the non-profit organization Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (U.R.G.E.), which serves a number of charitable children's causes in Jamaica and other developing countries. He is also an active supporter of Little Kids Rock, which provides children attending public schools with free musical instruments and lessons.

Title: Passing the music to the kids

Excerpt: "Kids have always been important to me. "... Reggae music people, people who play it, people who listen to it, always would pass the music to their kids, you know?"

"It came to me that it's time that we did music especially directed to children, and we started to write the songs. I think — thinking much deeper into it — it's a way for me to connect with the audience, if we can connect to them in this early stage in their lives, the changes that we want to see in this world is more possible than if we just making music for people who are already kind of set in their ways."

"I think that was the reason why this was put into my lap to do this. Because the message was for the children, it's really the children who have the open-mindedness, it's the children that can make the changes we are talking about today happen."

"We can inspire them, you know?"

Excerpt: "I'm a human being," he said, when asked if he was a Rastafarian as was, famously, his father.

"The Rastafarian culture is a part of my makeup," said Ziggy, "But everyone is a human being first. We are all the same.

"I'm a rebel in my own life, I make up my own mind, even though I am from that culture. I am not defined by anybody but me. I have that freedom to develop my consciousness.

"What is my religion? Love is what it is."

Title: Ziggy's Concert to Benefit Children's Discovery Center

Excerpt: On Saturday, August 15, Ziggy Marley brings family time to Hawaii! In support of the non-profit organization Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center (HCDC), he will be hosting a free children’s show at the center and will be performing songs from his newest children’s albums, “Family Time” and “B Is for Bob.” Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis, no reservations will be taken for the event.

Excerpt: Growing up, music was a significant part of Ziggy’s childhood. And now, he hopes to share it with Hawaii’s children. “I know how important music can be in a child’s growth and development, and in a parent’s connection with their children,” he says. “Music helps children to grow with open minds and open hearts and this is my message.”

Excerpt: Ziggy has long been involved within the children’s community. His works include: a rendition of “Give A Little Love” with the Melody Makers on the 1991 Disney compilation “For Our Children,” the theme-song for the PBS series “Arthur,” and most memorably, a role in the movie Shark Tale as the voice of the Rasta jellyfish, Ernie. He has founded the non-profit organization Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (U.R.G.E.), which serves a number of charitable children’s causes in Jamaica and other developing countries. He is also an active supporter of Little Kids Rock, which provides children attending public schools with free musical instruments and lessons.

Title: Trials, triumphs of a child star

Excerpt: David 'Ziggy' Marley, Bob Marley's eldest son, never experienced any pressure from being a child star, although he led the Melody Makers in taking Marley music to Tomorrow People (a track from their Conscious Party Grammy-winning album). He told The Sunday Gleaner he first performed publicly with brother Stephen, sister, Cedella, and the Melody Makers at one of Jamaica's Independence celebrations, where they did Hol Him Joe.

Ziggy never considered himself a child star. "I don't think I did really think about it at all. With my family and my parents, it was never really a big deal to think about," Marley said. "We never see it that way deh. Probably now it is that way, but then, it was different,' Ziggy said about child stardom.

He says, "Junior Tucker was more a child star than we. Him used to sing the Earth, Wind and Fire song Reasons. Nadine Sutherland was around at the time. I never really see myself as a child star."

Excerpt: ZIGGY MARLEY was at a performance in Central Park, New York, when he heard about Michael Jackson's death. He says: "I was really sad. Me just feel like me as a person who do the arts, we have a connection with other artiste who do the arts. Me feel like our group of artistic soldiers lose one of our soldiers."

Title: Something for the children

Excerpt: "I Love You Too," "Cry, Cry, Cry" and the title track are warm, clever songs that connect with children but never condescend.

"I would never want to talk or sing down to children," Marley says by phone from suburban Boston. "That just wouldn't be right."

Excerpt: "I've met a lot of great people during my career," Marley says. "Some of them were good enough to appear on the album. It just added to the experience. It's great to add something like this to children's music."

This is another musical step Marley has taken in kiddie terrain. He recorded the theme for the popular children's PBS series "Arthur." He and his Melody Makers sang "Small People" on the iconic "Sesame Street." Marley belted out "Three Little Birds" for the "Dora the Explorer" soundtrack.

"It's a labor of love," he says. "I loved working on those projects."

Excerpt: Marley's children often inspire his work, but he doesn't expect them to join the Marley musical troupe. "My children are very musical," he says. "They enjoy the music, but I don't think they're going to take it to the next level. It's all right if they don't become musicians; I'm already there. I make enough music for me and my kids."