Marley, Bob

Island Records’ Chris Blackwell Finally Tells His Story

Most music industry memoirs are front-loaded with celebrity name-dropping. “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond” by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records — whose success with Bob Marley, U2, Steve Winwood and Grace Jones would offer plenty to boast about — instead opens with a parable. In 1955, Blackwell was a wealthy, […]