The Dubplates ‘Box Full Of Steel’ album review

The Dubplates’ new album Box Full Of Steel is concurrently refreshing and reminiscent. The Charleston, South Carolina based group doesn’t seem to care about proving themselves as genre bending or cutting edge since their songwriting, and musical sincerity shines beyond anything real. The Dubplates is undoubtedly playing the heck out of their songs in concert, […]

Stick Figure “In This Love” official video

Stick Figure released a music video for “In this Love” off of their latest album Set in Stone, in support of their New Year’s Eve show announcement. “In This Love,” comes from the musical imagination of Scott Woodruff and creates a vibrant sonic soundscape and the music video reflects just that. The Rasta gradient overlay […]

The Broken Crowns Tour with Matisyahu and Common Kings

Internationally recognized reggae artist Matisyahu has announced his upcoming “The Broken Crowns Tour” featuring support from Orange County rock-reggae outfit Common Kings and brand new Matisyahu produced project Orphan. Matisyahu had this to say about the new group: “Orphan is a new band I signed currently living and making music out of my home. All […]

Introducing the 1st Annual Desert Oasis Music Festival

The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California is not only home to year-round polo tournaments, but also to a handful of choice music festivals since 1993 – most notably Coachella and Stagecoach. Tucked away in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, the grounds transform annually into a cultural experience immeasurable to any other (depending on […]

A sit down with Easy Star All Stars at Cali Roots 2017

Kristy Rose of Top Shelf Reggae catches up with Easy Star All Stars before their premiere set at the 8th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival. The band’s Cali Roots performance kicks off an entire west coast tour, so learn the details about that, their next project and their thoughts on chilaquiles. And, don’t […]

Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – R.O.A.R. video

Coming this July 21, youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley will release Stony Hill, the artist’s first solo album since 2005’s Grammy Award winning Welcome to Jamrock. In advance of the album release, Damian Marley has shared a brand new video for the single “R.O.A.R.” and fall tour announcement. Tickets […]

Cali Roots 2017: Day Three

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The Holdup release new single “Solid”

Since the critical acclaim success of their 2011 debut album titled Still Gold, reggae and music lovers have been clamoring and anxiously waiting for new music from California based reggae band The Holdup. Since releasing their debut album the band has garnered a great deal of commercial success and moved on to sell tens of […]

A talk with Tribal Theory at Cali Roots 2017

Kristy Rose of Top Shelf Reggae catches up with Tribal Theory at the 8th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival in Monterey, California. With their new single “Part Time Lovers” out and their Blackout Tour concluded, the band talks about what’s ahead. For more Cali Roots 2017 coverage, check out the daily photo galleries, […]

Pepper, Tribal Seeds & FY team up for Nice Dreams Summer Tour

What’s summer without good music? Every year, there is always a landslide of outstanding summer shows to keep any reggae-rock lover busy (and consequently broke). It gets to a point where choosing one over the other can prove to be quite challenging, for reggae FOMO is the WORST. This summer season, however, Pepper, Tribal Seeds, […]

Top Shelf sits down with DARENOTS at Cali Roots 2017

With their latest EP Strange Love now available on all digital outlets as of June 16th, the DARENOTS sure do have a crazy year in store! Kristy Rose of Top Shelf Reggae had the pleasure of catching up with the Canadian boys after their set at the 8th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival. […]

The Movement returns with new single “Siren” ft. Stick Figure

The Movement is set to release new single “Siren” featuring Stick Figure on June 30th. The new single is the lead track to the upcoming seventh album from The Movement and will be released with Rootfire Cooperative. Flip on the TV or scroll through Facebook and get ready to be bombarded with negativity and lies. […]

Cali Roots 2017: Day Two

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Christos DC’s announces fourth album release

Raised by parents who sang opera and taught voice professionally, Washington, D.C native Christos DC will release his fourth album titled Tessera, on July 28th through Honest Music.  “Love is the frequency of which the Creator works through one another” It was Christos' great respect for the music coming out of Kingston, Jamaica that led […]

9 Mile Roots “Premonition” official video

Guest post by Josh Behun, bassist and vocals for 9 Mile Roots “Premonition” was filmed with the idea of portraying our high-energy stage show on a small screen. Our goal was to capture all of the antics and emotions that are typically spread out on display across a large stage and compress it all into […]