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In 2025, Reggae icon Bob Marley would have turned 80. In honour of this occasion, Culchahworks presents Global Marley - a concert of Bob Marley’s hits, performed by artists from across the globe who call Canada home, in a dizzying array of styles and genres other than Reggae.
Why this approach? Quite simply, to illustrate the global reach and significance of Marley’s music. From humble roots in Jamaica, Marley wrote songs that spread messages of peace and love, as well as resistance, that resonate with people all over the globe right up to the present day. What better way to illustrate his impact than to have musicians perform Marley’s music in their own musical languages?
From Classical to jazz, R & B to funk, Celtic to Chinese, Indian to Indigenous - come and experience the brilliant songwriting of Bob Marley, rendered lovingly and respectfully by world-class artists such as:
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Kuné Global Orchestra - 11-member world music ensemble
Blackburn Brothers - traditional and modern Blues
Cliff Cardinal - Indigenous actor and singer
Jason Wilson - pop, Celtic and Reggae fusion
Born Of One - Canadian R & B vocal supergroup, consisting of Carlos Morgan, Ray Robinson, Chris Rouse, and Jason Simmons
Faith Amour - traditional jazz vocalist
Lina Cao - guzheng player (traditional Chinese zither)
Ramona Sylvan - tabla player (traditional North Indian percussion)
D'eve Archer - R & B/soul vocalist, live looper
Regent Park Choirs of the Community Music Schools of Toronto (30-member children's chorus)
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...all led by Culchahworks Artistic Director Andrew Craig (Rhapsodius).
This one-night-only event is not to be missed! Experience your favourite Bob Marley songs like you’ve never heard them before - with Global Marley!
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael: just three of the undisputed heroes of the USA Civil Rights Movement. Canada, however, can boast of its own equally galvanizing - and divisive - leader: Nova Scotia's Rocky Jones, supported by his then-wife, Joan Jones. Walter Borden had barely reached his mid-twenties when he met the Joneses - well before he became Canada's preeminent actor of Black-Indigenous origin. In the late 1960s, these three very nearly incited a revolution in Nova Scotia, all while the RCMP tried to suppress them - resulting in a drama fit for Hollywood.
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After successful workshop presentations in Halifax, Cherrybrook, and Toronto, KUWTJ has moved into its next phase of development. Watch this space to learn more about the full production, currently slated for Spring 2026!
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