Passafire and Ballyhoo announce Winter Brewhaha 2014

Did someone say beer and reggae? Passafire, Ballyhoo! and Pacific Dub really do know their audience and know how to bring the party in the recent announcement of their 2014 Winter Brewhaha Tour. The east coast and west coast mashup will kick off the two month tour January 15, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina and […]

Tribal Seeds Representing 2014 Spring Tour

The San Diego reggae rock all stars Tribal Seeds just announced today their 2014 Representing Spring Tour with supporting artists New Kingston and Inna Vision. 2014 will be a hugely active year for Tribal Seeds with a new studio album dropping, the Winter West Coast Tour starting January 10th 2014 with Through the Roots and […]

The Emerald Cup 2013

It’s time of that year again folks and if you’re just hearing or reading about this, it’s too late. The 2013 Annual Emerald Cup, which is the world’s only outdoor competition that showcases the finest Northern California cannabis and cannabis related products, just took place the weekend of December 14-15, 2013 at the Sonoma County […]

Rebelution headlines at Sonoma County

Rebelution took the stage during The Emerald Cup and you could literally cut the smoke with a butter knife. Rebelution brought the house down as fans drove to Sonoma County for the worlds longest outdoor organic cannabis competition and enjoy their favorite bands like Thrive, J Boog, and of course Rebelution.

J Boog rocks out Sonoma County

J Boog, the Compton, California native, took the stage during Saturday night at The Emerald Cup as procrastinators rushed in before the doors closed and show started.  J Boog put on an amazing show in Sonoma County as he owned the stage with great energy which practically melted the faces off the audience.

Thrive performs at The Emerald Cup 2013

As always, Thrive seems to draw a crowd when they perform.  This time was no different.  The smoke filled tent was filled to the rim with people waiting to get their first fix of Thrive performing in Sonoma County.

West Coast Cruisin’ Tour 2014 with Fortunate Youth and Hirie

The West Coast has been on fire as of late showcasing hard hitting bands performing back to back to back in sunny California, making it one of the best places to live if you’re in to the reggae rock scene. Southern California’s own Fortunate Youth along with reggae new sensation Hirie will hit the road […]

John Brown’s Body embraces SoundCloud

Did you know that John Brown’s Body had a SoundCloud page?  Crawl out from under that rock and head over there now. JBB has embraced and has fully taken advantage of this social media, audiohead platform used by not only by up and coming independent musicians, artists and producers, but professional musicians, as well. In […]

Team Bob Marley suing fast food chain over “One Love”

In a not-so-shocking and somewhat offbeat news today, we have just learned that Bob Marley’s own estate is pursuing a trademark infringement lawsuit against Louisiana founded fast food chain Raising Cane, for the use of the term “One Love” for their marketing campaign which can be seen clearly on the restaurants own website banner, as […]

The Steppas acoustic performance of “Empress Love”

Pacific Islanders, The Steppas put on a beautiful performance of their hit song “Empress Love” off their 2013 album The Love Shack. The minimalistic sounds of the instruments combined with the smooth harmonic voices of Rick Star and Na’ea Kaopua make this incredible acoustic performance a must see.

California Roots Festival – second round of artists announced

This may not be a surprise to anyone following the reggae rock scene, but if you've been living under a rock for the past several months, the fine folks at California Roots just announced it's second set of artists to perform the 2014 festival at the iconic Monterey Fair Grounds in sunny California. If you're […]

SOJA – 2013 Fall Tour at The Catalyst Club

SOJA arrived in sunny California after performing a whopping 22 times before rocking the house at a recent hotspot for reggae fans in Santa Cruz aptly named The Catalyst Club.  We were on location at the fully packed house to snap some photos of the Virginians on their Fall tour of 2013.