Bob Marley

US President Barack Obama gets a tour of the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica.

One Love: Obama, in Jamaica, pays respects to reggae superstar Bob Marley

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President Obama is the first president since Reagan to visit Jamaica. And one of the first stops he made was to pay respects to a Reggae legend.

Beninese singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo.

What Bob Marley meant to the world

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A portrait of Bob Marley hangs in a market in Los Angeles

Bob Marley would be 70 now. These may be the reasons Obama paid homage.

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No Woman, No Drive

Bob Marley couldn’t have said it better himself, ‘No woman, no drive’

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Music Heard on Air for February 6, 2012

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Jimmy Cliff

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Jimmy Cliff helped bring reggae to America in the 1970s with his film and soundtrack, “The Harder They Come,” and last month he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cliff tells Kurt about growing up listening to radio broadcasts from New Orleans and helping Bob Marley get his start. And he […]

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Geo Quiz/Global Hit

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For our Geo Quiz, we asked the name of the village where Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley was born. The answer is Nine Mile in Jamaica. Anchor Marco Werman tells us how Marley’s hit “One Love” has become an unofficial anthem for many people around the globe.