California Roots Presents is pleased to announce the final lineup for the upcoming Dry Diggings Festival taking place in Placerville just east of Sacramento, California in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The festival will be held September 25th through the 26th, 2015 at the acclaimed El Dorado County Fairgrounds. Festivalgoers will enjoy two days of live […]
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 […]
The Green’s new fall tour kicks off in Petaluma, California and winds its way throughout the west with stops in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado. Following the massively successful tour with 311 which just ended earlier this month, The Green will continue to celebrate the release of their album with a headlining tour with support […]
East Coast natives New Kingston just announced a huge nationwide tour titled “The Protect Me Tour” based off the single from their latest installment Kingston City. “Protect Me” is the eighth track from the LP which blasted off to the #1 spot on Billboard, making the debut under Easy Star Records a smash hit. The […]
“Choice is Yours” comes directly after the Stick Figure 2014 smash summer anthem “Smokin’ Love,” which featured Collie Buddz and holds an impressive 1.5 million plays on SoundCloud alone! “Choice Is Yours” is a sneak peak into Stick Figure’s upcoming sixth studio album, which has just been completed and making its way through the final […]
Multi-faceted and nationally touring songwriter and recording artist Mike Love announces the release and supporting tour for the new album titled Love Will Find A Way, which will showcase his always unique and progressive sound and sensibilities. The album, due out September 1, 2015 was recorded at Soul Sound Studio and Studio Ala Moana in […]
Easy Star All-Stars has taken the task of covering one of the most recognized albums of all time and could have easily bitten off more than it can chew, but the execution of this album was absolutely flawless. Easy Star All-Stars embraced the psychedelic nature of Pink Floyd, molded it gently, easing in a bit […]
The Bay Area Vibez Festival has announced an update to their already impressive line-up that will take place Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2015, in Oakland, California. Joining Damian Marley, Stephen Marley and Nas at the top of this year’s line-up is multi-platinum selling producer and DJ, Bassnectar, along with renowned DJ and […]
California Roots is proud to announce the full lineup for its third annual event this fall with a brand new location to boot. 311, SOJA and Steel Pulse will be joined by other hard hitting artists on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the beautiful Myrtle Beach Pavilion located just steps away from hotels, the beach, […]
The roots reggae genre continues to evolve every day from contributions of artists all over the globe, but especially out of the movement's epicenter of Kingston, Jamaica. Although most Jah-loving musicians are pushing for equality and tranquility, the message is shrouded by the definite lack of female voices among the masses. Female rootsy protagonists do […]
Without African influence, reggae would have never come to be in the Jamaican 1960s Jamaica, the Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, Latin America, the UK and the continental United States – all are associated in the origin and evolution of reggae music as the world knows it. There is another integral place of reggae ancestry, however, that […]
Based out of France, Dub Inc. fuses classic roots reggae with dub, dancehall, ska, hip-hop and African influences. We sat down with drummer and founding member Grégory “Zigo” Mavridorakis and had a great conversation talking about the early years, their loyal fans, and keys to success. Where are you guys based out of? We’re from […]
As a precursor to the much anticipated full-length album release “Cali Love”, The Ambassador is releasing a single titled “Powerful Love,” which drops July 7, 2015. The track features vocals from GRAMMY nominated artist Pato Banton. The Ambassador is a gifted singer/songwriter, producer and composer that focuses on pairing top notch musicianship and quality songwriting […]
Oakland, California has always been at the progressive end of the spectrum. Being one of the busiest port cities in the west coast, Oakland will become the epicenter of reggae, hip-hop and EDM come September 2015 when Tourn Entertainment will host the inaugural Bay Area Vibez, a two-day, three-stage festival in the heart of Oakland’s […]
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 […]
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