The 3rd Annual One Love Cali Reggae Festival

The 3rd Annual One Love Cali Reggae Fest kicked off February 9th and 10th, and what a weekend it was! It doesn’t get much better than two full days of listening to incredible music alongside the Long Beach bay with a beautiful view of the majestic Queen Mary, which also hosted the festival pre and […]

Dry Diggings 2017

Thrive Thrive Tomorrows Bad Seeds Tomorrows Bad Seeds Orgone Orgone Orgone Kash’d Out Iya Terra Iya Terra Evidence / Seedless Arden Park Roots Arden Park Roots Josh Heinrichs Josh Heinrichs The Expendables The Expendables Matisyahu Barrington Levy Nahko and Medicine for the People Nahko and Medicine for the People We arrived to the first day […]

Experiencing the 3rd Annual Dry Diggings Festival

When you put camping with your friends and family, tasty craft beer, and some of your favorite reggae and hip hop artists into one weekend, the result is always going to be a great one. And, that's exactly what everyone who attended Dry Diggings Fest over the Labor Day Weekend got to experience. The festival […]

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 […]

Day One Cali Roots 2017

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3rd Annual Dry Diggings Festival Announced

Everybody’s favorite fall festival is back for its third year of reggae beats and brews, tucked away in the serene Sierra Nevada Mountains. That’s right – the 3rd Annual Dry Diggings Festival has taken shape! About 45 minutes east of Sac town is Placerville, California: home of the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, who has hosted […]

A Night With Matisyahu at the Belly Up Tavern

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Shoreline Jam 2015: Day one

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Matisyahu’s Spain festival controversy

Recently, Matisyahu found himself under a sort of crossfire when an annual reggae music festival taking place from August 15 to August 22 in Valencia, Spain withdrew his performance on the last day! The festival reportedly supports a movement called Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), which is an international campaign that begun in 2005 and […]

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 […]

Top Shelf Music’s reggae guide to bad days

In an ideal world, everyone would get along with everyone — nothing but positivity would encompass each individual as they emerge from their respective homes and maneuver their surroundings. Days would be filled with sunshine and good news, cash promotions and abounding possibilities; nobody would be flipping anyone off on the freeway and nightly celebrations […]

Radical Something accents Matisyahu

California band Radical Something sure knows how to bring some rock music mixed with some hip-hop to the beach area. When they performed at the Belly Up in Solana Beach on Sunday, Oct. 26 and opened for Matisyahu, we here at Top Shelf Reggae did not know what to expect. Was this night going to […]

Music video for Cisco Adler’s “Hypnotize” ft. Matisyahu

Bananabeat Records presents the new single from the king of summer Cisco Adler titled “Hypnotize” off of Cisco’s latest album Coastin’. Directed by Matty Smooch and brought to life by a cast and crew of amazing talents including Matisyahu’s two children as the stars of this tale of daze and wonderment. For more information about […]

Matisyahu’s official video for “Surrender”

Reggae artist Matisyahu released his 5th studio album release Akeda early June of 2014. Fresh on the internet is his latest official music video for the track “Surrender” which was produced by Joe Baughman who has worked with such artists like The Roots, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., and now Matisyahu. For more information about Matisyahu, […]

Matisyahu 2014 tour

After his iconic albums Live at Stubb’s in 2005 and Youth in 2006, Matisyahu turned the reggae and alternative rock genre upside down with his amazing voice and unique and captivating persona. His career skyrocketed with non stop radio airplay and numerous awards, placing him at #1 on the Billboard Digital Album category. Matisyahu turned […]