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See Amy Tee at the Happy Hour Comedy, experience a 19th century magician or taste some local clam chowder this weekend. And more.

Lovers Rock offers a politics of pleasure, as well as a deep love and appreciation of Black music, culture, and style from all over the Earth.

The new book 'Rebel Music' by photographer Kate Simon compiles rare images of Bob Marley taken on tour, onstage, and backstage.

From a biography of Aboriginal band No Fixed Address to the last word on Barbra Streisand, this year’s crop of music-themed books has something for everybody.

Photographer Kate Simon joins Delphine Blue tonight.

Originally published in 2004, Kate Simon’s iconic book Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae has been re-released by Genesis Publishers. With over 400 photographs and an introduction by Patti Smith, the new edition of Rebel Music includes exclusive pieces by Lenny Kravitz and Keith Richards, along with additional color photographs from Simon’s archive that were…

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Miranda Collinge (Esquire) writes, “Fifty years after his breakthrough album, ‘Catch a Fire,’ Bob Marley is the latest megastar to receive the Hollywood biopic treatment, with a new film coming to cinemas in January. An enduring symbol of youthful idealism, a style icon…

Kate Simon is a well respected American portrait photographer and writer. Musicians and artists respected her and her work - Especially Bob Marley who used her photos for the front cover of his 1978 album, Kaya. Charlotte Ryan spoke to her about how this relationship was formed - and what Bob Marley was really like.