J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

In the 1981 Rolling Stone obituary, Bob Marley biographer Timothy White wrote, “The pervasive image of Bob Marley is that of a gleeful Rasta with a croissant-sized spliff clenched in his teeth, stoned ...

Bob Marley’s most popular track of the 21st century has been revealed ahead of what would have been his 80th birthday. The pioneering reggae artist, who died aged 36 in 1981, would have celebrated his ...

The lost Bob Marley song, “Selassie is the Chapel,” has been released. The 1968 tune by the late reggae icon was penned by his friend and teacher, Mortimer Planno, and is about his meeting with ...

While the song seems to espouse violence or at least an acknowledgment of the idea, Marley wrote about it because he felt persecuted by the powers that be. In that way, the song is one of self-defense ...

The Jamaican singer along with Bob Marley popularised reggae, ska and rocksteady. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall ...