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8x GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer, Stephen Marley just released his new album Old Soul on September 15, 2023 - his first full-length project since 2016. Featuring a stellar line-up of special guests including Bob Weir, Eric Clapton, Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Buju Banton, and Slightly Stoopid, the 14-track acoustic-inspired album is now available on all digital platforms via Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International.  Limited-edition double LP vinyl in translucent yellow and green, CD, 2LP standard black vinyl and merch bundles are available for pre-order at stephenmarleymusic.com.  

Old Soul comes as a complete revelation. While grounded from the road during the COVID lockdown, Stephen set up a new studio on a remote family farm in the Florida countryside, holding nightly jam sessions in a converted garage. With a stripped-down ensemble comprising binghi drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and flute, Stephen played whatever he felt like — ranging from original compositions and reggae rarities with deep personal meaning to classics recorded by Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and The Beatles. “Irie vibration,” Stephen says of the sounds made together on the farm. The lion’s share of Old Soul was recorded during these “unplugged” jam sessions.

Even as the album showcases Ragga’s versatility, the message within his music remains consistent. “We come to free the people’s minds,” says Stephen. “Only way you can free your soul is to free your mind. My father say, ‘No chains on my feet, but I’m not free.’ And then he come say, ‘Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.’ Anywhere the music calls us, we are going to be there to spread the message of love and unity.” 

Old Soul explores a musical palette that spans a variety of cultures and genres alike, with hand-selected special guests furthering the spiritual journey that encompasses the album. 

In celebration of the new album, Stephen has embarked on an ambitious Old Soul Tour Unplugged 2023 through the fall.

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Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

Obi Ebele aka O1 and Uche Ebele aka U1 also known as Da Beatfreakz are internationally multi-platinum producers who became consumed by the sounds of Hip-Hop’s infectious beats and storytelling. Feeling familiar with the context and experiences of Hip-Hop culture, they sought out to do more investigating. As they came across the greats –Quincy Jones, Dr Dre, Timbaland and Akon, their goal wasn’t as far fetched as it may have appeared. 

Supported favorably by their parents, father, a once music journalist and mother; whose eclectic taste in music roamed their hallways enrolled them into the church band. Fully competent with guitar and drums the brothers learned from an early age the commitment and handwork it would take to further their dreams. 

The hustle started in the heart of South London, O1 worked in McDonald's whilst U1 had a paper round to raise money for their homemade built studio, this led to producing for local artists and charging a small fee. At the time of social media building it’s buzz, MySpace had been the hub for budding artists to evolve. It would be their most beneficial encounter. 

Approached by legendary producers Cool & Dre, the brothers were invited to St Louis by hit producers Trakstarz. With a big decision to consider, the brothers were encouraged by their parents to take the opportunity.

They moved to St Louis for a short period where they signed and worked with Trakstars company for 4 years and although they were offered a renewal on their deal, it was time for Da Beatfreakz to move forward with their aspirations with what they had learned from working with the likes of Chingy, Jon B and more. 

Inspired by The Neptune's their name had to stand out in the way their icons did and so when they started their production career in their bedroom, the name Da Beatfreakz suited their style. Their genre bending approach displaying and musicality pushed them to be what they call ‘the future of music’ Displaying an exuberant blend of Afrobeat, Rap, Dancehall and R&B “we are the future of music, humbly speaking being in the game from an early age and still quite young in the game, we are definitely the future in where the sound of all genres are going" 

The hustle continued when the brothers relocated from NY back to London, taking it upon themselves to travel around the world creating with artists and building their catalog; “we got up and sourced artists ourselves and made it known that we invest in ourselves a lot when it came to our work. It was hard at first during our first signing having to pick up and go without knowing what would happen but our parents encouraged us to give it a try." And in doing so they landed themselves on NDubz Uncle B album that went triple platinum. 

Back to NY Da Beatfreakz wanted to broaden their scope as producers, in doing so they got the opportunity to work with songwriters they felt they could accomplish that with i.e. Kat Deluna, Jerimih –“a lot of hard work went into it but we knew if stuck at it together we could achieve great things”

Finally settling in LA and London with a few number ones across the world, platinum selling albums and over three hundred million Youtube views Da Beatfreakz plan on expanding their brand –working with lead artists around the world and establishing themselves as DJs, continuing to building thier publishing company and mentoring the next generation of artists under thier label –“this   is just the beginning. We’ve only taken one step and there is a very long way to go, but we are very thankful for what we have achieved so far with the help God and our family"

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