Mark your calendars for the first annual Cukui Music Festival

Set to take place over the extended Labor Day weekend in a beautiful setting at the gateway of Silicon Valley, the inaugural Cukui Music Festival is scheduled for September 3rd 2016 at California’s Great America, a 100-acre amusement park featuring over 40 rides and attractions. This music festival is the ideal summer retreat for conscious-minded […]

The Expanders with Iya Terra

On June 16th, The Expanders brought their vintage reggae sound to Ventura, CA for a night of mellow music at The Discovery with direct support from their good friends Iya Terra. Friendly faces filled the venue before the show started and some even took advantage of the bowling alley right along side of the stage. […]

Tunnel Vision set to embark on their summer 2016 tour

Southern California’s Tunnel Vision, a new surf, reggae, ska band are packing up their bags and heading towards a city near you. Top Shelf Reggae is extremely excited to announce this summer's highly anticipated tour set to embark this coming July 1st starting from the Cab Wabo Cantina in Stateline, Nevada. Their newly added dates […]

California Roots 2016 wrap up

The annual California Roots Festival could easily be compared to the modern day Woodstock of reggae. Three days of peace and music. In fact, Jimi Hendrix infamously torched his guitar on the very stage thousands gather around year after year for this event. But it is still so much more than just that. This festival […]

Easy Star All-Stars announce new music and tour

Following a brilliant and hugely successful release of their rendition of Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon in 2003, Easy Star All-Stars went back to the studio and released a reimagined cover of Radiohead’s OK Computer in 2006 titled Radiodread, which gained much praise from both reggae lovers and Radiohead-heads. Easy […]

Brendan Clemente debuts “Cali Roots Love Song”

Now that the 7th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival has came and went, most are reflecting back on the magical weekend they have just experienced. Some festival-goers traveled home with photos and autographs, others went home with band merchandise and priceless art, but all went home with lasting memories of love, friends and […]

Get ready for the 2016 ARISE Music Festival

An independent, family-run, leave-no-trace event, the 4th annual ARISE Music Festival will take place from August 5-7, 2016 at the magnificent Sunrise Ranch located in Loveland, Colorado just one hour away from Denver.  the event will highlight a diverse lineup of musical genres Featuring over 200 performances across seven stages and 100 pristine acres, the event […]

Watch California Roots 2016 live!

For those who can't make it tomorrow to one of the most anticipated weekends of the year, California Roots is bringing it’s iconic festival to your home with the help of innovative technologies from live streaming Venice, California based company, LiveList. From their website, LiveList states that it was built with the belief that live […]

Stephen Marley’s Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life

GRAMMY award winning singer and second eldest son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Rita Marley, Stephen “Ragga” Marley is set to release his fourth studio album, Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life, July 22, alongside an impressive summer tour with supporting acts from The Skints and Nattali Rize on select dates. The nationwide […]

Tunnel Vision mainstreams “Skateboard” music video

Southern California has a flair for the alternative skate and surf culture, along with the goodies that go with the lifestyle such as bong smoking, bonfire making, and burrito eating – activities all set to a bangin’ punk/ska/reggae musical backdrop. What can we say? It’s summertime down here 24/7, and the livin’s most definitely easy… […]

The Skints announce 2016 spring tour dates

UK-based reggae punks The Skints are excited to announce their upcoming US spring tour, the third stateside outing within the past year for the rising quartet. They are touring to support their most recent critically-acclaimed album FM, which was released on the premier independent reggae label Easy Star Records. The Skints’ relentless touring and uniquely […]

YIC Summer Meltdown 2016

The students of the Yes I Can program experienced their 13th successful year at the annual Summer Meltdown last month. This one-day festival appropriately took place at the end of Autism Awareness Month. It is one of the only festivals in the country that is put on by students with and without disabilities who share […]

Get a taste of Rebelution

There are few things better than a night out watching your favorite band perform while enjoying a nice frosty brew. Following the success of 311 Amber Ale, the fine folks over at Tampa based Rock Brothers Brewing know this all too well and have partnered with California rooted band Rebelution to create what they simply […]

All-star lineup at the second annual Thunder Vibes

The 2nd annual Thunder Vibes is an incredible, outdoor live music festival held at the Thunder Valley Casino and Resort just 30 miles north-east of Sacramento in a little town named Lincoln, California . Starting From 1pm on Saturday, August 20, 2016 nine live bands will grace the venue throughout the course of the day […]

Yes I Can: Summer Meltdown 2016

On April 30th, the 13th Annual Yes I Can Summer Meltdown will take place in Santa Clarita. It is a music and arts festival that is put on each year by the kids who attend Canyon High School that are involved in the Yes I Can program for students with and without disabilities. One of […]