Music Business Club: Jon & Matt Phillips discussing CLOSER TO THE SUN – 6/17/21.
Jon & Matt Phillips of Silverback & Red Light Management join us for Round 2 of their Music Business Club Happy Hour on Thursday, June 17, 2021 @ 4pmPT/7pmET.…
You can’t have dub music without reverb and delay, and for many, these classic effects sounded their best in the hands of dub pioneer and sound engineer legend, Osborne “King Tubby” Ruddock. His King Tubby Studio, tucked within the Waterhouse community of Kingston, Jamaica, created… Read More
Forever Judah is a compilation album released from the Jah Ova Evil reggae camp. Submitting a tight mix of roots artists from the family, the seven artists heard here show great promise for current success and future growth. Often compilation albums can come off as disjointed, but… Read More
“Straight to Hell” is a track originally born of some of the world’s great angsts, as seen through the lens of The Clash, in 1982. Dealing with social issues that still ring as relevant today (from labor injustices to immigration concerns), The Clash released a song with… Read More
A weekly series exploring photos, words, and songs.
Photos: Arik Solberg
Words: Dave Shiffman
Songs: ♫ on Spotify
WORDS: Stumbling upon a beach that you didn’t know existed. Pulling the camper right up to the water for a… Read More
My partner Aimee and I have two sons, Elliot and Oscar. I often include a mention of them in articles on Rootfire, so that may not be a surprise. We all live upstairs from my brother Matt and his partner Rachel who are in the band Thunder Body, and… Read More
It doesn’t always have to be mind-bending and complex. Some of the biggest songs are simple melodies with a catchy lyric.
André 3000 wrote and produced 2003’s smash hit “Hey Ya!“, using no more than two words for the chorus- Hey and Ya.… Read More
One of my main goals for Rootfire going into 2016 is to encourage our community to spend more time outside doing things that complement the music we deeply love. Whether that is through features on bicycle rides and picnics in the country, or pick up soccer games in the park,… Read More
