Ziggy Marley – Forward to Love Tour at the Ogden Theatre in Denver

I know this is not a local concert, but being a huge Bob Marley fan, as well as  Ziggy and Damian "Jr Gong" Marley fan I had to let you know about it!  This will be the closest you can get to seeing him unless you go to Jamaica.

Come down to Denver Monday and see Ziggy! Much Respect!

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Ziggy Marley

with Natty

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"This album is from my heart," says Ziggy Marley of his second solo album, Love is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide), winner of the 2007 Grammy award for Best Reggae Album. Embracing both the spiritual and emotional side of life, Ziggy has definitively come into his own as an artist. The twelve-track album, released in July, 2006, showcases Ziggy's tightly rolled talents as a songwriter (writing all cuts), musician (playing most of the instruments) and producer (shepherding all dozen tracks, with three co-produced by Grammy winner Ross Hogarth). The only thing more joyful than making it, says Ziggy, is the anticipation of the global tour he expects to kick off this summer.

Written "all over the world," with some songs penned during his youth, Love Is My Religion expands upon the personal, social and political themes explored in Ziggy's debut CD, Dragonfly. Its musical center is clearly reggae, peppered by African percussion and other flavors. Opening with the subversively danceable "Into the Groove," Ziggy delves into an upbeat meditation on finding one's self. On the title track, "Love is My Religion," his message is one that "people need to hear," a unifying devotion to love that "needs to be preached in churches and mosque and synagogues." The notion of overcoming stereotypes and superstition informs the slinky "Black Cat," while the romantic "Make Some Music" finds a partner in the mid-tempo "A Lifetime."

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Ziggy first sat in on recording sessions with his father when he was ten years old. Joining with his three siblings to become The Melody Makers, Ziggy crafted his own soulful sound blending blues, R&B, hip-hop and reggae.