ZIGGY MARLEY'S FAMILY TIME

Ziggy Marley has drafted his siblings, daughter and some superstars to assist on his first children's album, "Family Time," due May 5 from Tuff Gong.

Produced by Don Was, the project finds Ziggy surrounded by his mother Rita Marley, sister Cedella and daughter Judah, as well as Paul Simon, Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Toots Hibberts, Elizabeth Mitchell and Laurie Berkner. In addition, Jamie Lee Curtis narrates two stories.Ziggy Marley has previously appeared on such children's shows as "Dora the Explorer" and "Arthur," and also voiced a Jamaican jellyfish in the animated film "Shark Tale."

In relating news, Ziggy Marley just wrapped a short tour of Australia and New Zealand.