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Exodus: Bob Marley Reimagined

A unique celebration of reggae music's first global superstar Bob Marley marking the 60th anniversary of Jamaican Independence and featuring Skip Marley, JP Cooper and Ruby Turner.

A unique celebration of reggae music's first global superstar, Bob Marley. Marking the 60th anniversary of Jamaican Independence, this special concert at Town Hall Birmingham showcases Marley鈥檚 greatest songs now layered with new orchestration and featuring Europe鈥檚 first majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra, Chineke!

Presented by Trevor Nelson, Chineke! is joined by one of today鈥檚 most exciting singers and Bob Marley's grandson, Skip Marley, who is making his first UK solo performance. Along with British singer-songwriter JP Cooper plus Jamaican born and Birmingham鈥檚 very own soul, gospel and R鈥檔鈥橞 legend Ruby Turner, they explore the music of Bob Marley in classics including Get Up Stand Up, One Love/People Get Ready, Redemption Song, Satisfy My Soul, Is This Love, I Shot the Sheriff and Exodus.

In addition to the music of Bob Marley, the first part of the concert showcases Chineke! with works by Fela Sowande and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Mar 2023 20:00

Music Played

  • Chineke! Orchestra

    4 Novelettes Op.52 for String Orchestra

  • Chineke! Orchestra

    African Suite for Harp and Strings

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Slave Driver (John Peel session, 01 May 1973)

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Concrete Jungle (John Peel session, 01 May 1973)

  • Chineke! Orchestra

    Exodus

  • JP Cooper feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Stir It Up

  • JP Cooper feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Top Rankin'

  • JP Cooper feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Satisfy My Soul

  • Ruby Turner feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Turn Your Lights Down Low

  • Ruby Turner feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Waiting In Vain

  • Skip Marley feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Is This Love

  • Skip Marley feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Get Up Stand Up

  • Skip Marley feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    Redemption Song

  • Skip Marley, JP Cooper and Ruby Turner feat. Chineke! Orchestra

    One Love

  • Chineke! Orchestra

    I Shot The Sheriff

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Jul 2022 20:00
  • Sun 19 Mar 2023 20:00