Chris Blackwell To Receive Prestigious 2023 Polar Music Prize
Former Island Records boss Chris Blackwell is among three recipients of the 2023 Polar Music Prize, an award deemed one of the most prestigious and unique music prizes in the world.
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Copeland Forbes, Former Manager Of Peter Tosh, Says Bunny Wailer Initiated Break Up Of The Wailers
Copeland Forbes, the former manager of Reggae legend Peter Tosh, has rubbished longstanding claims that Island Records founder Chris Blackwell destroyed The Wailers group and has, instead, pinpointed Bunny Wailer as the man who caused the band’s break up.
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Umi Myers Kiss On Set As Bob Marley, Cindy Breakspeare In Upcoming Biopic — See Photos
Bob Marley’s indomitable legacy is now closer to being immortalized on the big screen with the blessing of his son Ziggy Marley, daughter Cedella Marley, and wife Rita Marley, who are co-producing the Paramount movie on behalf of Tuff Gong International.
Chris Blackwell Says Millie Small’s ‘My Boy Lollipop’ Is The “Most Important Song In His Life”
Former Island Records boss Chris Blackwell has pinpointed Millie Small’s Ska single My Boy Lollipop, which she recorded as a teenager, as “the most important song in his life”.
Maxine Stowe Calls Out Chris Blackwell’s “White Knight Storyline”
Attorney-at-law Maxine Stowe has taken issue with some of the content from Chris Blackwell’s upcoming memoir, maintaining that what the Islands Records co-founder described as an ‘unfounded perception of favoritism towards Bob Marley’, was real, and was, according to her, “pre-meditated false marketing” aimed at ‘black erasure’ of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.
Blackwell Addresses Perceived Favoritism Towards Bob Marley At The Expense Of Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer
Founder of Island Records Chris Blackwell has denied long-held assertions that he sidelined Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh in favor of Bob Marley because the Gong was half-white.
Rohan Marley Says Michael Jackson Once Offered To Buy Bob Marley’s Catalog
“Money can’t buy life”. Those are the words from Rohan Marley, as he re-emphasized the stance he and his siblings have taken, that the catalog and other publishing rights of their father, Reggae icon Bob Marley, will not be sold under any circumstances.