Win a copy of Alborosie’s Back-A-Yard Dub vinyl LP, courtesy of VP Records and The Reggae PodClash. The album is a strictly instrumental dub mix of the acclaimed Wailing Souls album Back-A-Yard, which he produced last year. Back-A-Yard Dub features a rhythm section anchored by Roots Radics bassist Errol ‘Flabba’ Holt and recorded at Alborosie’s Shengen Studio in Kingston, Jamaica.… class="read-more">Read More
Win a copy of this heavy cultural classic on 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl, Hugh Mundell‘s “Rasta Have The Handle” backed with Scientist‘s dub mix of Roots Radics‘ “Dangerous Match Two.” Recorded in 1982, this is a prime example of the apex of producer Henry Junjo Lawes‘ work.… class="read-more">Read More
DJ Kayla Kush got started as a radio DJ on KZSC-Santa Cruz in 2008. In 2010, after moving to Madison, she began hosting U DUB, a weekly roots reggae radio show on WSUM. She has been playing gigs consistently at music venues, events, and festivals since 2012 in addition to hosting her radio show every week.… class="read-more">Read More
It feels like something is going to break. However, amidst a pandemic, uprising, and degrees of revolution, Blanc Du Blanc has inspired, recorded, and remixed three versions of Scorpions’ mega world wide anthem of optimism, “Wind of Change.” They even put the whole thing on wax, ready to be shipped out to listeners worldwide.… class="read-more">Read More
Blvk H3ro & Green Lion Crew are starting off 2021 on another level mentally, spiritually, and musically. The first collaboration between US based producers Green Lion Crew and Jamaican based vocalist Blvk H3ro is a hard hitting dancehall track with a message.… class="read-more">Read More
This is not the first time that Jamaican heavyweights Turbulence and Anthony B have connected on a track, and that is made clear via their chemistry on the new single ‘Defenders‘. These two powerful voices in Reggae music assert their claim that “we are the defenders, defenders of Jah army”, vowing to continue to uphold and protect the legacy of Reggae music and the Rastafari people.… class="read-more">Read More
January 2021
Cali Roots and Rootfire are honored to announce that their collaborative Center Stage with Reggae Icons project will feature reggae pioneer, Clinton Fearon, who is celebrating his 70th birthday on Wednesday, January 13th and will boast a month-long exploration of his impressive career.… class="read-more">Read More
The bittersweet Odyssey of Sublime is both a Cinderella story and a tragedy.
Fusing ska, dub, roots and dancehall reggae, punk, hip-hop and even heavy metal and acoustic-folk, the Long Beach trio incorporated disparate influences along with samples and sound-bites to concoct an original sound that would unexpectedly propel them from playing backyard barbecues, college parties and dive bars around Southern CA.… class="read-more">Read More
