The undeniably smooth Hawaiian Island reggae sounds never seems to get old. This new track from JAH Maoli featuring J Boog titled “If I Ever” really reinforces the sentiment as the two very strong vocal treatments compliment each other in this extremely well done track. Released in mid January under the fine folks of EKM […]
Top Shelf Reggae caught up with The Simpkin Project just in the middle of their In Roots We Trust with The Expanders and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. The Wednesday night San Francisco stop held a packed house with many on their feet dancing up a storm. Amazing performance from an amazing band.
Music for many of us, holds a special power to move us mentally and spiritually. Music is also an outlet for many—it is something familiar and comforting. Anyone who has wiped a tear from their eyes from their most favorite song will know undoubtedly the power of the combination of instruments complemented by soul riveting […]
The Expanders put up an amazing performance at a packed house on a Wednesday night in San Francisco on their In Roots We Trust 2014 tour with Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad and The Simpkin Project. All three performances were seamless and extremely well done, which got the crowd going non-stop throughout the entire night.
Just a month after their South American tour with legendary rock stars Dave Matthews and Incubus, SOJA has announced that they will be hitting the road once again back home in the United States; this time around cruising and performing for the fans in the East Coast. The tour kicks off March 27, 2014 in […]
The second single off the Concrete World album set to drop this month from Mighty Mystic gets its official music video just before the album release. The track titled “Cali Green” is a solidly produced, slow tempo, head bobbing track that pays homage to, well, you guessed it, “Cali’s green.” Mighty Mystic has turned himself […]
Top Shelf Reggae caught up with New York based Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Slim's in San Francisco to snap a few photos of the quintet on stop number six of their eight city West Coast tour. The In Roots We Trust 2014 tour includes GPGDS, with support from The Expanders and The Simpkin […]
Out of Los Angeles, California comes The Expanders with their fully-inspired, Jamaican-style reggae music! The Expanders may not appear like your usual roots-reggae band; yet, this band has more roots from Jamaican-style music than we have seen or heard right now! With backup vocals setting the tone just right for a roots-reggae rendition, The Expanders […]
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 […]
VP Records, the geniuses behind the Dub Rockers Compilation released in August of 2013, just published an amazing mix to their SoundCloud featuring many hard hitting acts like John Brown's Body, J Boog, Mighty Mystic, SOJA, and the list seemingly goes on and on. The mix spans nearly an hour and a half, so crank […]
On January 17, 2014, Top Shelf Reggae got to visit Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Belly Up in San Diego, California. Yeah, there name is a mouthful, and so is their music! Mixing ska-reggae with psychedelic rock, this New York band from Rochester brought their East Coast accent to their West Coast tour. […]
Originally starting off as a two-man acoustic band, these Philly natives broadened their footprint, both in terms of the amount of band members, as well as national exposure in a very short time. The achingly beautiful vocals from Jeff McCaughey provides angelic tones Now seven members deep, and about a year since their last studio […]
The Simpkin Project, accurately described as “a multi-faceted blend of reggae and Americana” released their official music video for their track “Loose Control” from their latest single. The group is currently on tour with The Expanders and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad in their west coast “In Roots We Trust” tour. “We love reggae music […]
The award winning roots reggae rock artists took the stage Saturday night and performed in front of the sold out Catalyst Club in sunny Santa Cruz, California. The group is currently on their Winter West Coast 2014 tour sharing the stage with Through the Roots which are four cities into their nineteen city tour. The […]
Indubious is a self-described “rootstronica” band from Oregon about to tour with Black Uhuru starting in early February and covering the Westside of the U.S. Known for their high-energy music and fun vibes, Indubious self-describes themselves as “intergalactic reggae revolutionaries” on their “About” section via their website. The keyboardist, Evan “Evton B,” and bassist, Spencer […]
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