Comments (1)

Artist Reflections on Bob Marley (Part 4 of 4): Rebelution bassist Marley D. Williams

The Tribute to a Reggae Legend Interview Series

Closing out the Tribute to a Reggae Legend interview series is Marley D. Williams, bassist of the breakthrough U.S. band Rebelution. Marley reflects on Bob’s music and his message of unity, and discusses Rebelution’s amazing cover of “Natural Mystic,” recorded exclusively for Tribute to a Reggae Legend.
Listen to [...]

Comments (4)

Artist Reflections on Bob Marley (Part 3 of 4): Julie Crochetière

The Tribute to a Reggae Legend Interview Series

This week’s interview stars Canadian songstress Julie Crochetière, who speaks about Marley’s message, his music as a source of inspiration, and her live off the floor  recording of “Mellow Mood,” featured on Tribute to a Reggae Legend. Check out the video interview above.
Julie Crochetière grew up in Montreal, [...]

Comments (35)

Artist Reflections on Bob Marley (Part 2 of 4): Playing For Change founder Mark Johnson

The Tribute to a Reggae Legend Interview Series

We continue our 4-week interview series exploring Bob Marley’s impact with Playing For Change founder Mark Johnson, who shares personal reflections and stories from the road about Bob Marley’s global reach. Mark also discusses Playing For Change’s multi-artist tribute version of “One Love,” featured on Tribute to a [...]

Comments (11)

Artist Reflections on Bob Marley (Part 1 of 4): Reuben Koroma of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

The Tribute to a Reggae Legend Interview Series

Putumayo celebrates the release of the new album Tribute to a Reggae Legend, a global celebration of the music of Bob Marley, with the launch of an intimate 4-week interview series starring Reuben Koroma of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Playing for Change founder Mark Johnson, Rebelution’s [...]

Comments (1)

A Rockin’ Conversation with Dan Zanes

Dan Zanes, formerly of the popular 80s rock band The Del Fuegos, has grown to be the face of family music and the artist that most people associate with this relatively new genre. In 2007, Zanes received the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Album for Children, for his album Catch That Train! and has performed [...]

Comments (1)

South Africa Artist Spotlight: Interview with the Soweto Gospel Choir and Masauko Chipembere of Blk Sonshine

South Africa has always been an important hub for musicians. Artists like the late Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masakela and Johnny Clegg, among others, travelled around the world presenting South African music and telling the story of the South African struggle for democracy and equality. The country´s contemporary music reflects diverse influences. Township jive, mbaqanga, marabi, [...]

Comments (9)

Latin Party Artist Cecilia Noël Performs at Putumayo’s NY Office! + CD/DVD Giveaway

Talented Peruvian salsera Cecilia Noël, featured on our latest CD, Latin Party, stopped by Putumayo’s New York office this afternoon and graced us with a performance of three songs, one of which was her featured track, “Asi Se Compone Un Son.”
Not only is Cecilia a phenomenal performer, but she has a fascinating story as [...]

Comments (1)

Melody Gardot’s Pain & Triumphs

A wonderful piece on Melody Gardot (featured on Women of Jazz) aired on CBS recently.  Click the image below to watch the segment.
She may have reached topped a key record chart in France and gained fans from around the world, but musician Melody Gardot tells CBS News’ Anthony Mason about her chronic pain caused by [...]

Comments (0)

Putumayo’s Year End Holiday Post!

We decided to check in with some of our favorite artists about their thoughts on the holidays, how they like to spend them and any memorable moments that they cared to share.  Read more below to see what some of the responses were.

“I have so many wonderful memories of Christmas and the holidays here in [...]

Comments (2)

Putumayo Artist Spotlight: Gilberto Gil

Our artist spotlight series is designed to provide a quick overview and introduction to great artists who our readers may not have heard of otherwise.  The concept for the series was partially inspired by the legendary singer, actor, and social activist Harry Belafonte, who, when he met Putumayo founder and CEO Dan Storper recently, told [...]