• Matthew J. Smith

Chris Blackwell’s long-awaited autobiography shows him as a romantic rogue; a risk taker whose life compass has been an open mind and gift to hear and see slightly into the future.

• Matthew J. Smith

To consider Bob Marley today demands we look back across distance to the place and age that brought him to us.

• Christopher J. Lee

Survival is an album with a purpose. Released in 1979, it is Bob Marley’s most political recording.

• Sean Jacobs

Bob Marley, like many other Rastas, also shared a desire to visit the African continent or, if possible, to live there.