Rare Photo Of Bob Marley Taken By Roger Steffens in San Diego in 1979.

#bobmarley #livicated #movie #rogersteffens #reggaearchives

Photo by Roger Steffens The first-ever billboard for Bob Marley and the Wailers promoting Rastaman Vibration and their appearance at the Shrine Auditorium. Seen here on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Artwork designed: Neville Garrick
#BobMarley #rogersteffens #livicatedmovie #musichistory #reggae

In this clip, reggae historian Roger Steffens shares an incredible story about how reggae records and cassette tapes carrying messages of support for Nelson Mandela were secretly sent to Robben Island during his imprisonment
#bobmarley #rogersteffens #NelsonMandela #reggae #livicated #musichistory

This is the official face of someone who takes reggae very, very seriously. Sometimes preserving music history requires intense focus… and a BEAT Magazine shirt to match. 😄

#RogerSteffens #reggaearchives #thebeatmagazine #MusicHistory #BobMarley #Livicated #movie

In the Caribbean, dominoes is more than a game. It is part competition, part conversation, part neighborhood theater. The sound of tiles hitting the table echoes through rum shops, street corners, and family yards across Jamaica.
#Livicated #domino #ReggaeHistory #movie #rogersteffens #BobMarley

These hand-painted wooden figures are sold in sets of five, each revealing a smaller Marley inside the next. It is an unlikely meeting of cultures: Jamaican reggae interpreted through a traditional Russian craft.
#bobmarley #rogersteffens #reggae #livicated #movie

Roger Steffens and Gregory Isaacs in JA, chilling out after a photo shoot!
#GregoryIsaacs #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movie #MusicHistory #reggae

😂 "NNG" NIGERIAN NATURAL GRASS 😉
Party Favors for the 2026 Fela Kuti Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award Party. #Livicated #rogersteffens #reggae #movie #afrobeat #felakuti

On this Tuff Gong SDR 45, the handwritten notes on the label are believed to be Bob Marley’s own handwriting. Certified in writing by Allan ‘Skill’ Cole himself.

#BobMarley #RogerSteffens #AllanSkillCole #Livicated #movie

Peter Tosh Wanted Dread & Alive
Not just an iconic album cover, but this one carries signatures and testimonies from reggae legends who shaped the music alongside Peter.

Who signed the album?
#PeterTosh #ReggaeHistory #Livicated #RogerSteffens #reggaearchives #BobMarley #documentary

Getting closer! Still not it!
#bobmarley #rogerSteffens #reggae #archives #livicated #movie #poster

We explored another poster direction. Interesting 🤪, but not quite inviting enough for the film we’re making. That’s part of the process

Livicated is about transmission, memory, and intimacy. The poster has to welcome people in, not stand in the way.
More soon

#bobmarley #rogersteffens #livicated

From Rasrojah @ Grammy's For The Fela Kuti Lifetime Achievement Award

I am with his archivist, daughter, and in the center, Femi Kuti. I was able to donate 56 years of Fela clippings and memorabilia to the Kuti Museum in Lagos.

#FelaKuti #Grammy #rogerSteffens #livicatedmovie

Sneak Preview – Livicated: The Story of Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives
Today, we’re sharing Part One of a three-part sneak preview from Livicated.

See comment for more info:

#livicatedmovie #reggaemusic #sneakpreview #videotrailer #rogersteffens #bobmarley #carlossantana #love #jamaica

Ephemeral paper. Permanent history.
An original street poster from the Roger Reggae Archives.

This is how reggae history actually lived, stapled to walls, passed hand to hand, made to support musicians and culture in real time.

#statalites #RogerSteffens #livicatedmovie #reggae

Here’s a rare moment captured at KCRW 89.9 FM studios in Santa Monica, CA. From left to right: Roger Steffens, Nina Simone, and Tom Schnabel, during the taping of an interview with the legendary singer. What makes this moment even more special: Nina Simone had written a song in homage to Bob Marley — but not in the way anyone expected. I won’t reveal the title here. But you will be able to hear it in the coming months on KCRW Vintage 24, as KCRW reissues its historic reggae archives, including over 350 hours of Roger’s LA BEAT radio show. History, rediscovered — and still speaking

Here’s a rare moment captured at KCRW 89.9 FM studios in Santa Monica, CA.

From left to right: Roger Steffens, Nina Simone, and Tom Schnabel, during the taping of an interview with the legendary singer. #KCRW #livicatedmovie #reggae #ninasimone #rogersteffens #tomschnabel #

Roger Steffens is holding unreleased interview tapes recorded with Bunny Wailer for an autobiography that was never published. Not because of conflict, but because Bunny chose not to fix his life and philosophy permanently in print.
#BunnyWailer #Reggae #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movie #bobmarley

In the early 80s, Roger Steffens helped introduce Fela Kuti to the U.S. Through radio, writing & rare access, he documented a revolutionary who fought corruption & military brutality, proving Afrobeat wasn’t only entertainment. "Music is a weapon!" #livicated #movie #rogersteffens #lAfroBeat #love

Happy New Year 2026 😍
Cedella Marley Booker, matriarch of the Marley family, photographed by Roger Steffens in the garden of her Miami home.
#RogerSteffens #BobMarley #musichistory #reggaemusic #sundancefilmfestival #livicatedmovie #CedellaMarley

This Exodus album cover is something special.
It’s signed by many of the musicians who actually played on the record, a true snapshot of the people behind one of the most essential albums in music history.

#BobMarley #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movies #exodus #musichistory

Here’s another gem from #RogerSteffens’ Reggae Archives: an original Who Feels It Knows It album signed by Rita Marley herself.
Rita is the matriarch of the Marley legacy, an influential artist and activist in her own right.
#RitaMarley #ReggaeHistory #Livicatedmovie #BobMarley #m

A classic Roger Steffens photo of Gregory “Cool Ruler” Isaacs outside his African Museum record shop in Jamaica, standing beside a mural painted in his honor.
A moment of pure reggae history from the streets that shaped his sound
#GregoryIsaacs #rogersteffens #AfricanMuseum #ReggaeHistory #Livicated

Immense respect to David Hinds of Steel Pulse for giving us an interview for “Livicated: The Story of Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives" His insight and spirit are a powerful addition to the film. Grateful for the Steel Pulse family. 🙏
#SteelPulse #Livicated #RogerSteffens #documentary #movie #Reggae

#BunnyWailer reasoning with Roger Steffens in L.A.
For years, Bunny chose Roger as the only person to help write his autobiography. They recorded hours of deep, never-before-heard conversations, from the early Wailers days to Bunny’s spiritual path. #Livicated #love #Reggae #BobMarley #RogerSteffens

Every book in this photo, from Jamaica to Japan, Spain to France, was written by or inspired through the work of Roger Steffens and his legendary Reggae Archives.

#Reggae #RogerSteffens #Livicated #Movie #BobMarley #Jamaica

The world’s largest reggae archive isn’t in Jamaica, but in a basement in Los Angeles.

Livicated - The Story Of Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives

#Reggae #Movie #BobMarely #Livicated #History #RogerSteffens

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae went digital, The Beat magazine, co-founded by Roger Steffens & CC Smith after KCRW’s “Reggae Beat” was the printed heartbeat of the culture.
Bob Marley's covers still echo the spirit of 'Word, Sound & Power 💛💚❤️
#ReggaeHistory #BobMarley #TheBeatMagazine #RogerSteffens #KCRW #livicated

💛💚❤️ LIVICATED isn’t a typo for “dedicated.”

In Word. Sound. Power, Rastas avoid negative words, so dedicated (from dead) becomes LIVICATED, to give life and power instead.

#Livicated #WordSoundPower #Rastafari #Reggae #ReggaeArchives #RogerSteffens

What’s the one reggae song you’d want future generations to hear? Drop a link to it or just comment below! 👇

#ReggaeDocumentary #BobMarley #RogerSteffens #ReggaeHistory