# STEPHEN MARLEY Announces New Album ‘Old Soul’ To Release September 15

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- Published: 2023-08-21T15:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **STEPHEN MARLEY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM **_**OLD SOUL**_ **TO RELEASE SEPTEMBER 15, 2023**

#### **Featuring guest appearances by**⏎ **Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Buju Banton and Slightly Stoopid**

#### **New Instant Grat Track “Cool As The Breeze” Out Today!**

#### **Limited Edition Double Vinyl, CD, Digital + T-Shirt Pre-Order Bundles**⏎ **Available Starting August 18th via Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International**

**August 18, 2023** – Today, **Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International**
announce **Stephen Marley’s **_**Old Soul**_**,** the new album from the 8x GRAMMY
® Award winning singer/songwriter/producer to be released digitally on **September
15, 2023**. The album boasts an array of special guests including **Eric Clapton,
Bob Weir, Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Buju Banton and 
Slightly Stoopid. Limited edition double vinyl, CD**, digital, t-shirt bundles are
now available for pre-order at [**stephenmarleymusic.com**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=f220d2a7cf&e=615f2b8493)
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In celebration of the announcement, new single “**Cool As The Breeze**” is now playing
everywhere and available as an instant grat track with all pre-orders.

Inside _Old Soul_ the legacy lives on… pre-order the new album [**HERE.**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=b83e7430ba&e=615f2b8493)

Stephen Marley’s highly anticipated fifth solo album _Old Soul_,  his first full-
length project since 2016, comes as a complete revelation. With his well-earned 
reputation as a studio perfectionist, “Ragga” as he’s known to friends and family,
is a consummate live performer with a knack for spontaneity. _Old Soul_ leans into
those strengths, and opens up the artist as never before. 

While grounded from the road amongst 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.

[⌊Stephen Marley album cover⌉⌊Stephen Marley album cover⌉[

The song selection on the new album demonstrates Stephen’s courage to defy expectations.“
You have to be true to yourself,” he says. “I refuse to be put into any category.
I am inspired by everything. So if I feel like I want to play some jazz music, I
will go play some jazz music. Who dig it, dig it.”

_“April 1972, my mom and poppa brought me through… back then I was the favorite,
so they say.”_ Reflecting on his life as a youngster growing up as the second eldest
son in the royal Marley family, Stephen marked his 51st year on earth by sharing
glimpses of his past and releasing the title track of the album earlier this year:_“
I’m an old soul, living in the body of a 9-year-old / Guess I’ve been here before.”_

_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
_Old Soul_. Stephen and his elder brother Ziggy collaborate on **“There’s A Reward**,”
a heartfelt tribute to Joe Higgs, the man who mentored young Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,
and Bunny Wailer when they were all aspiring singers in Trenchtown. Meanwhile, Stephen’s
younger brother Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley features on “**Cast The First Stone**,”
a powerful, thought-provoking tune set to an ominous groove that sounds like something
from a lost spaghetti Western soundtrack. 

Stephen enlists his old friend Buju Banton on the ska-flavored “**Thanks We Get****(
Do Fi Dem)**,” a Lee “Scratch” Perry composition made famous by Junior Byles that
explores the idea that no good deed goes unpunished. And Kyle McDonald of Slightly
Stoopid joins on a verse on “**Standing In Love**,” a beautiful ballad that hearkens
back to reggae’s sweet rocksteady era. 

Eric Clapton laces up tasty lead guitar riffs over a powerful acoustified version
of Bob Marley’s “**I Shot The Sheriff**,” and the album closes with Grateful Dead
legend guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir and surfer/singer/songwriter Jack Johnson, who
join Stephen on the album’s final track, “**Winding Roads,**” recorded at Bob Weir’s
TRI Studios with his Wolf Bros band including Don Was and Dead & Company members
Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane, the only song on _Old Soul_ recorded with a full band.

“We definitely did want some different sounds,” says Stephen. “We never want to 
come with the same _ray ray ray_. We try to make some of them something you can’t
really identify. Ah just music.” Among the more unexpected selections embedded on
_Old Soul_ are a disarmingly sweet cover of Sinatra’s “**These Foolish Things (Reminds
Me Of You)**,” as well as Marley’s take on The Beatles’ perpetually pleading “**
Don’t Let Me Down**.”

In celebration of the new album, Stephen Marley will embark on his ambitious_ Old
Soul Tour Unplugged 2023_ this Sept 8 – Oct 22, with special guest reggae singer-
songwriter **Mike Love** to open on select shows. (The fall tour dates appear below,
following the _Old Soul_ album’s track listing.)

**STEPHEN MARLEY:**_** OLD SOUL  **_**[Digital, CD & 2LP]**

 1.  Don’t You Believe
 2.  Cool As The Breeze
 3.  Cast The First Stone – Feat. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
 4.  Thanks We Get (Do Fi Dem) – Feat. Buju Banton
 5.  Don’t Let Me Down
 6.  Georgia On My Mind
 7.  Let The Children Play
 8.  Old Soul
 9.  There’s A Reward – Feat. Ziggy Marley
 10. This Time
 11. These Foolish Things (Reminds Me Of You)
 12. I Shot The Sheriff – Feat. Eric Clapton
 13. Standing In Love – Feat. Slightly Stoopid
 14. Winding Roads – Feat. Jack Johnson and Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

[⌊Stephen Marley concert poster⌉⌊Stephen Marley concert poster⌉[

**STEPHEN MARLEY: OLD SOUL TOUR UNPLUGGED – FALL 2023 TOUR DATES[](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=ada940a504&e=615f2b8493)**

Fri Sep 8 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue TheatreSat Sep 9 Mundelein, IL – Miracle 
in MundeleinSun Sep 10 Minneapolis, MN – First AvenueMon Sep 11 Fargo, ND – Outdoors
at Fargo BrewingThu Sep 14 Seattle, WA – The ShowboxSat Sep 16 Vancouver, BC – Vogue
TheatreSun Sep 17 Victoria, BC – Rifflandia FestivalTue Sep 19 Bend, OR – Midtown
BallroomThu Sep 21 San Francisco, CA – The FillmoreFri Sep 22 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
ClubSat Sep 23 Ventura, CA – Ventura Music HallSun Sep 24 Los Angeles, CA – The 
Roxy TheatreMon Sep 25 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern

Thu Oct 12 Beverly, MA – Cabot Theatre *
Fri Oct 13 Plymouth, NH – The Flying Monkey*
Sun Oct 15 Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre *Tue Oct 17 Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC*
Wed Oct 18 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore *Fri Oct 20 Norfolk, VA – NorVa *Sat
Oct 21 Columbia, SC – The Senate *Sun Oct 22 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage * * with
Mike Love

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