San Diego Music Awards 2014

Another San Diego Music Awards have come and gone this week, leaving many southern California acts extremely happy to have won their respective categories. It seems most artists and bands are grateful just to be nominated, as the annual award show grows in popularity year after year, enveloping 28 categories from Americana to electro to […]

Dax Lion “Baby Girl” ft. Marcus Marshall

Dax Lion, the roots reggae artist from Kingston, Jamaica is coming out with some more fyah straight to your eardrums. Mixed by four time Grammy winning producer, James “Bonzai” Caruso and featuring singing sensation Marcus Marshall on the riddim, “Baby Girl” provides just the right contrast and is sure to leave you bobbing your head […]

Unity Festival 2014: Day Three

A’ La Lune A’ La Lune A’ La Lune A’ La Lune A’ La Lune Blaze Mob Blaze Mob Blaze Mob Blaze Mob Blaze Mob Blaze Mob Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Tatanka Unity Festival 2014 Ezzrah warming up before set Ezzrah Ezzrah Ezzrah Ezzrah Ezzrah #weshouldsmoke Mystic Roots Mystic Roots Mystic […]

The Collision tour with The Green featuring J Boog

On November 11th, one of the reggae genre’s most loved and commercially successful bands, The Green, will embark on an ambitious combination tour with the just as smooth J Boog. The widespread west coast tour kicks off in the Central Coast’s premiere reggae venue, SLO Brew, in sunny San Luis Obispo, California. Hitting 17 stops […]

Shoreline Jam 2014: Day two

Jet West Jet West Jet West Jet West Jet West Jet West The Simpkin Project The Simpkin Project The Simpkin Project The Simpkin Project The Simpkin Project The Ethan Tucker Band The Ethan Tucker Band The Ethan Tucker Band The Ethan Tucker Band The Expanders The Expanders The Expanders Seedless Seedless Seedless Seedless Seedless Seedless […]

The Expanders “Evilous Number”

Sugarshack Sessions just dropped another fine acoustic video—this time with the classic roots reggae inspired group The Expanders. The SoCal natives perform “The Evilous Number” from their latest self-titled album. To stay up to date with The Expanders, give them a follow on Facebook. For more awesome Sugarshack Session videos, give their site a visit.

Unity Festival 2014: Day Two

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Shoreline Jam 2014: Day one

Brewfish Brewfish Brewfish Brewfish Shoreline Jam 2014 Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez The Originalites The Originalites The Originalites The Originalites The Originalites C-Money and the Players, Inc. C-Money and the Players, Inc. C-Money and the Players, Inc. C-Money and the Players, Inc. C-Money and the Players, Inc. C-Money […]

Austin City Nights: Fortunate Youth – Fall w/ Friends Tour

Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World and my new home as of a few weeks ago.   Hearing lots of great stories about legendary acts, I was excited to check out the scene and luckily for me, Fortunate Youth was rolling through on their Fall with Friends Tour.  The venue could not have been […]

Unity Festival 2014: Day One

Mellow Movement Mellow Movement Mellow Movement Mellow Movement Riotmaker Riotmaker Riotmaker Elijah Alaimo One-a-chord One-a-chord One-a-chord One-a-chord One-a-chord One-a-chord One-a-chord Elijah Alaimo CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB CRSB Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory Tribal Theory The sleepy town of Guerneville, California historically known […]

Music Unites – Healing of a Nation

Supporters of good reggae music, cannabis connoisseurs, and those who enjoy the feeling of donating to charitable causes will most surely be fans of the fourth edition of Music Unites’ reggae compilations. Titled Healing of a Nation, the album features 20 tracks by some of the biggest names in the reggae scene with proceeds from […]

An interview with E.N Young

E.N Young has been a major player in the modern American reggae-rock field. After starting his own solo project and joining San Diego band, Tribal Seeds, E.N Young has been reaching out to fellow artists and helping them to produce their music. Not only is his signature sound recognizable, but it appears he likes to […]

Pepper 2014 Fall tour announcement

Fresh out of a summer tour with The Dirty Heads and Aer, Pepper has just announced plans for an extensive fall tour. Starting on November 10th in Tuscon, the band will play twenty-six shows in a little over a month’s time. The genre-defying band that hail from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, will be accompanied by the always-melodic […]

Lutan Fyah “Ambition” official video

Jamaican born Lutan Fyah recently dropped an official video for his track “Ambition” off his 2014 studio album Get Rid a di Wicked. The beautiful production displays aerials of Sweden and was directed by Jonas Andréen for Lynx Pictures. For more information about Lutan Fyah, give him a follow on Twitter and Instagram.

Mighty Mystic “Happy” music video

Summer is not quite over yet. Mighty Mystic just dropped their official music video for the track “Happy” off their latest album Concrete World. The surprisingly uplifting video squeezes the very last bits of summertime out of the calendar year. But fear not, crack open a beer and slip on the flip-flops because Mighty Mystic […]