As Brooklyn progressive reggae act, SunDub, puts the finishing touches on their new LP due out later this summer, they have spearheaded a new riddim project named for their home borough, “Brooklyn Riddim.” Riddims, of course, are a Jamaican musical tradition in which an artist, producer, studio or label provides an instrumental track for artists to sing over.… showcase-sundub-brooklyn-riddim/" class="read-more">Read More
Reggae fans can do themselves a favor by listening to the Rootsland podcast. The creator/narrator of the pod, Henry Karyo, a longtime music industry professional who got his start interning at Tuff Gong, does a fantastic job recounting the history of reggae music by sharing his own experiences living in Jamaica for several decades, immersed in the local culture and hub of the genre.… showcase-blindman-legalize-it/" class="read-more">Read More
Editor’s note: This single showcase reprints the press release for this song from Pirates Press Records.
“My Last Star” began as a dream that Greg Lee of Hepcat had the week before his death in March of 2024. Greg dreamed of a Slackers song. … showcase-the-slackers-my-last-star/" class="read-more">Read More
The Medicinals, an amalgam of musicians from the shores of Lake Ontario in western New York, have released three songs to date. They dropped their first single, the Afrobeat flavored anthem, “album/6DEQBd7dFC19qmp0hG4fEq?si=olEisOqZSGOBl9wpnTpfLw">We Gonna Get Through,” on June 30th, 2020. … showcase-the-medicinals-reach-you/" class="read-more">Read More
The Movement’s latest single, the celestial “So Cool,” notably features Nick Hexum on guest vocals. Hexum, of course, fronts reggae-rock pioneers, 311, who, after releasing their debut album, Music, in 1993, have grown to become bona fide rock stars, selling well over 10 million albums and amassing over 1.5 billion streams globally.… showcase-the-movement-so-cool/" class="read-more">Read More
At its purest core, holiday season is a time to gather with family and friends. This makes it a perfect time to release the single, “Stylee,” a special collaboration between father and son.
What’s that, you ask? A father and son collaboration on a reggae track?… showcase-israel-starr-the-mighty-asterix-stylee/" class="read-more">Read More
True crime aficionados have probably seen an Investigation Discovery (I.D.) network show called Evil Lives Here. This popular show has aired 154 episodes throughout sixteen seasons over the past nine years, telling harrowing tales of people who shared their lives with loved ones who gradually became murderers.… showcase-burning-slow-lately/" class="read-more">Read More
In September of 2022, Rootfire premiered a track called “Trading Bread” by Tongan-American artist, Eddie Ha’angana, which led the way for his debut LP, album/4aYDFFWKu8aPHPvocGFysR?si=HBgJCamsTZKoOSo-DVc0Yg">Cheers to the Chiefs, released in January of 2023. Driven by his lifelong love of reggae and a passion for creating his own, many of the tracks on that LP had been composed years earlier, until Ha’angana finally manifested the time and resources to record and release them professionally.… showcase-haangana-rub-a-dub/" class="read-more">Read More