Fortunate Youth & Arise Roots at the Belly Up

Two bands from Los Angeles, California came down to Solana Beach in San Diego to perform some beloved reggae music on Thursday, June 11th. Arise Roots and Fortunate Youth are known for their modern reggae music, which usually includes special messages. A great crowd showed up for both bands as Top Shelf Reggae indeed saw […]

Artist spotlight: 9 Mile Roots

Scheduled to perform at Philly’s premiere reggae festival which will include Damian and Stephen Marley, Morgan Heritage and Tarrus Riley, the eight-piece group 9 Mile Roots is making new waves for the east coast reggae scene. Hailing from Baltimore, MD the group consists of members Jay Randell (lead vocals/trumpet), Dave Muse (drums), Josh Behun (bass), […]

Inna Vision’s “When We Forward” summer tour

Widely promoted as Maui’s first original roots reggae band, the group that call themselves Inna Vision is set to embark on their summertime west coast tour titled “When We Forward,” covering twelve U.S. cities with The Big Island natives, The Steppas. The Aloha State crew will kick off the tour July 15th, 2015 in Southern […]

Stick Figure’s remix of “Smokin’ Love”

Like the Fantastic Five of reggae music, the great super powers come together to create something that’s truly out of this world. …the great super powers come together to create something that’s truly out of this world. The initial version of Smokin’ Love which featured Collie Buddz was released June 3rd, 2014 and mended two […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Bright Days coming up for Giant Panda

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is at it again, bringing their fans new tracks on their highly-anticipated Bright Days album due May 18. The boys from Rochester, New York have again teamed up with producer Craig Welsch (10 Ft. Ganja Plant) to bring music deemed as an “American Beauty-era to African-inspired instrumentals to early Neil […]

“Go Easy” by Fiction 20 Down

Fiction 20 Down (F20D) of Baltimore, Maryland is employing their own twist on the world of reggae-rock music. In lieu of debuting their sophomore LP, the band pioneered a 12-step program (if you will) premiering a single, video or podcast once a month for the entire year of 2015 (#YearF20D). At the tail end of […]