Give thanks to Thanksgiving music shows

It is about that time of year when seasons are changing in color, and the U.S. is getting ready to bundle up and celebrate holidays. Snow will be falling in most parts of the country soon, but Southern California will still be hot… with reggae music, that is! Although many families in the U.S. celebrate […]

Tribal Seeds 2015 Summer Smoke Out tour

Awarded the “Best World Music” title at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008 as well as debuting their latest album last year Representing at the number 1 spot on the Billboard Reggae Charts, Tribal Seeds will kick off a 21-city tour starting on August 21, 2015 in “Sin City” Las Vegas, Nevada. The four […]

California Roots 2015: Day two

Beebs and Her Money Makers Beebs and Her Money Makers Beebs and Her Money Makers California Roots 2015 KBong KBong KBong KBong KBong KBong KBong KBong with special guest Hirie California Roots 2015 Mike Love Mike Love Mike Love Mike Love Mike Love John Brown’s Body John Brown’s Body John Brown’s Body John Brown’s Body […]

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 […]

Summer Meltdown 2015

Iya Terra Iya Terra The Simpkin Project The Simpkin Project Summer Meltdown artist Ethan Tucker Nice shirt! Mystic Roots Mystic Roots Mystic Roots Wheeland Brothers Wheeland Brothers Papafish Papafish Orgone Orgone The Expanders The Expanders The Expanders Arise Roots Arise Roots with Hirie Leilani Wolfgramm Leilani Wolfgramm Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez Krooked Treez […]

New Kingston’s 2015 “Kingston City Tour”

Starting on March 17, 2015,  New Kingston from Brooklyn, New York will start their spring tour in California and then head on over to Ohio and even Virginia. New Kingston is bringing their modern-day reggae music to various venues with the likes of Arise Roots and Kimie from Hawai’i. After just releasing their latest album, […]

Arise Roots “Bring It All” official music video

The Arise Roots family just dropped this sexy music video for their track “Bring It All” from the 2014 hit album Love and War. The Arise Roots crew has been keeping themselves extremely busy lately, churning out great collaborations with Kings and Comrades, Dan Kelly of Fortunate Youth, and Matt Liufau of Seedless just to […]

Kings and Comrades ‘Get Away’ album review

Immediately after Valentine’s Day and a long three day weekend for many of us working individuals, we all just need a little something extra to calm our tense nerves going back to the reality of the daily grind. Luckily for us, Philadelphia-based reggae band Kings and Comrades will be releasing their debut LP titled Get […]

Arise Roots ‘Love and War’ album review

Arise Roots is a five piece band from Los Angeles, California. It’s been a while since we heard true reggae vibes produced in modern reggae music from California. Sure, many bands specialize in their craft, but the vibes Arise Roots brings in their music is mesmerizing, and we can’t help but think how it is […]

Arise Roots “Dangerous” ft. Matt Liufau of Seedless

The soul-driven sounds of Arise Roots continues with this new music video for the track “Dangerous” featuring Matthew Liufau of Seedless taken off of the upcoming album, Love and War set to release August 5th, 2014. The new album comes one year after their hit release in 2013 titled Moving Forward. For more information about […]

Arise Roots with Luciano brought the house down in San Diego

Arise Roots opened a show for Luciano, “The MessenJah,” at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park, San Diego on June 12th, and it was obvious the band has love for the WBC’s director, Makeda “Dread” Cheatom. Makeda has love for them as well, as she announced vocalist, Karim Israel as her favorite singer- so […]

Project Out of Bounds CD release party

On Friday, April 11, 2014, On Point Promotions presented the Project: Out of Bounds CD Release Party in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California. This reggae-rock band just completed a tour along the western part of the U.S.A. According to the band, the tour went great, and Top Shelf Reggae is not surprised judging by how […]

Oogee Wawa & Arise Roots bringing sweet reggae to San Diego, CA

On Thursday, March 20th in Ocean Beach, San Diego, two bands played at Gallagher’s Pub for reggae night- Oogee Wawa from Long Island, NY, and Arise Roots from Los Angeles, CA. Oogee Wawa plays reggae-rock music with hints of hip-hop, while Arise Roots plays straight roots reggae music! Oogee Wawa had a familiar, Sublime sound, […]

Arise Roots “Cool Me Down” music video featuring Hirie

Arise Roots, rising out of Los Angeles, Californa and known for their unique roots reggae sound just released an official music video for their single “Cool Me Down” featuring the beautiful rising reggae star Hirie. Arise Roots released their first full studio album February of 2013 titled Move Forward and has since shared the stage […]