California Roots 2015: Day one

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Cali Vibes Clothing “Support Local Reggae”

Out of Los Angeles, California comes a man with a mission. Not only is Vince Pena’s clothing line, Cali Vibes Clothing, what he considers his very own band, with each design like that of a song, but he appears to be a humble business man with a main goal – to support the local reggae […]

Lovd Ones “Slow Down” featuring Gonzo

Formed in 2008, the Florida based reggae band Lovd Ones has been making the rounds recently sharing the stage with The Steppas and New Kingston. Their latest album titled Thicker Than Blood boasts an impressive list of featured artists including Sizzla, Luciano, Gonzo, E.N Young and Leilani Wolfgramm. An official video was just dropped for […]

E.N Young and Imperial Sound show review

On Wednesday May 20, E.N Young of Tribal Seeds and his new band, Imperial Sound, played at Over the Border in Chula Vista, California. A local band, Revival, opened the night for the infamous melodica player and singer. Revival is an eight piece band from Chula Vista, although some members may have been missing that […]

California Roots: six years of success

Five years ago, in 2010, a small festival took place in Monterey, California over Memorial Day Weekend where bands played to an audience of friends, family, other musicians and local fans. Today, after tens of thousands of festival-goers all over the country flocked to Monterey's fairgrounds and enjoyed yet another three-day musical extravaganza, it's hard […]

Musical Memorial Day Weekend

This past Memorial Day weekend in California was quite musically filled for this So. Cali’ reviewer. While most reggae-rock supporters were busy camping and enjoying the fruits of the California Roots Festival in Monterey, this reviewer stayed down south and enjoyed the sounds of North Cali’ in the form of Arden Park Roots, while also […]

The Expanders ‘Hustling Culture’ album review

The city of Los Angeles is linked to progression and style, even in the instance of placing a modern twist on vintage culture. With this in mind, it is no wonder that The Expanders, an LA-based roots reggae band, has made such an impact reviving and – for lack of a better word – expanding […]

Shoreline Jam 2015 announced

It's hard to imagine the end of summer (aka, festival season) when it's on the brink of beginning, but there's one line-up in September that needs to be acknowledged. The annual Shoreline Jam marks the onset of autumn with one last hurrah for summer every Labor Day weekend and this year, headliners Matisyahu and The […]

Anuhea drops new single “Sweet Thing”

From competing for a crown in the Miss Maui Scholarship Pageant in her early years, to making a guest appearance on SOJA’s 2015 GRAMMY nominated album Amid the Noise and Haste, the Hawaiian born female artist Anuhea continues to turn heads time and time again.  Anuhea continues to turn heads time and time again This […]

Fortunate Youth’s ‘Don’t Think Twice’ album review

The unique sounds of Fortunate Youth have relatively remained unchanged throughout the years. The intense roots reggae inspired tones and eccentric vocal characteristics from lead singer Dan Kelly has lead the band to produce hit after sweet hit, so why alter the magical formula? Dan Kelly proves that he still has the songwriting chops and […]

Mother’s Day with Gonzo

On Mother’s Day night, Slic Entertainment of San Diego presented Gonzo backed by Beyond I Sight. Known as the “Sade of Reggae,” Gonzo brought his R&B sounding reggae to a very nice crowd. Top Shelf Reggae arrived just in time to catch Iya Terra, a reggae rock band from Los Angeles. Known as the “Sade […]

The Movement’s 2015 Rescue Tour

Just one month after releasing their new single “Rescue,” the boys of The Movement will set sail on their headlining, 20 city tour covering much of the East Coast starting late in May and finishing off at the end of June. Freshly off the road with San Diego stars Tribal Seeds on their 2015 Spring […]

Eddie Murphy “Oh Jah Jah” music video

You’ve probably heard that American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and director Eddie Murphy has been dipping his toes in reggae music with songs like “Red Light” with Snoop Lion which was released late 2013. Well, Mr. Beverly Hills Cop just dropped another official video for his most recent production titled “Oh Jah Jah.”

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Fyah on the Water 2015

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