RICHMOND, Va. — A tribute concert at the Broadberry on Saturday will celebrate Bob Marley’s “huge” influence organizers said goes well beyond the icon’s music that continues to inspire, uplift and unite.
“He has influenced myself, as well as reggae, reggae music and in the Rastafari movement all over the world,” Joshua Dowell Achalam with Mighty Joshua said.
Fresh from his performance at Shockoe Sessions, a weekly, live stream concert series, Mighty Joshua will once again honor reggae the icon.
“This is actually our fifth,” Achalam said. “We took a little break during COVID, but now we’re back to do the fifth at the Broadberry.”
It is an excitement shared by Breadberry’s owner Lucas Fritz.
“I’ve been working with Mighty Joshua for a number of years and he’s done this concert in the past,” Fritz said. “It’s always a great time, he puts on a great show. And it’s great for the community.”
Inspired by his song Mighty Joshua as a nod to the biblical leader, the name became a badge of honor.