Grammy award winner Ziggy Marley
continues to make strides, breaking new ground with
the re-release of his solo album Love Is My
Religion.
Released last year, his second solo album garnered him
a Grammy award for the best Reggae Album of the Year
earlier this year.
His first album to be released
independently on the Tuff Gong Worldwide label, Love
Is My Religion was available exclusively at Target
Stores and peaked at number six on Billboard's Reggae
Charts.
With the re-release come three bonus
tracks, as well as an independent distribution deal.
Marley told The Gleaner that
"this was the first exclusive deal with Target.
With the re-release the album will be more accessible
to the public. We completely revamped the album,
different technical things which make it kind of
different. We also added three new tracks which mi
really like. Dem lively and energetic. I've never done
a more popular cover of my father's song Jammin';
hopefully that will attract more people to the
album".
Marley
is throwing away the traditional record industry
formula and big-name labels, instead penning a
distribution deal between Tuff Gong Worldwide and
Ryoko Distribution. The album is now scheduled for
re-release and wide distribution on December 4, with
the additional material including live recordings of Jammin',
Dragonfly and Look Who's Dancing.
According to Ziggy, the whole
experience of making Love Is My Religion and
marketing the album without the links and money of an
established record company was beyond his
expectations. "We did good business. The tour did
well, we got a Grammy, everyt'ing worked out
well," he said.
The re-release of the album is but
one of many new projects Marley will be doing for the
Christmas and the New Year. Ziggy is also looking to
release a live DVD, in early 2008. The DVD was
recorded at Los Angeles' Avalon during the 2006 Love
Is My Religion world tour.
He is still doing shows, recording
music and looking forward to coming home.
"In February, there will be no doubt I will be
coming home. It's been a long time and I'm excited.
I'm coming to do something centred around Africa Unite
in February, which is my father's birthday. Mi and mi
brothers been talking about doing a Marley brother
record. That's the next t'ing we doing together, with
a whole tour," he said.
Source: Jamaica
Gleaner
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