Last month, SunDub released their third studio LP, titled Shoot Your Arrow, following up their 2022 masterpiece, Spirits East Music with another gift to the reggae community. Under the expert tutelage of Sidney Mills (Steel Pulse), the Brooklyn-based group doesn’t necessarily create a new wrinkle in the modern reggae… Read More
Florida reggae is on the rise, with artists like Seranation, Kash’d Out, The Dub Collectors, Artikal Sound System, DJ Badda Skat and many more showcasing the variety and tonal diversity the state has to offer. But when a new band enters that mix, it rattles the foundation and reminds… Read More
Rootfire first covered West Cork, Ireland-based artist, DMac Burns, back in September of 2023, when our writer Brendan McGinley authored a Video Premiere for his song, “Night.” At the time, the singer seemed to be just dipping a toe into reggae, but since then, the New York City-raised… Read More
“ 2017, I drove to Palm Springs and told Sean about starting a band that mixed vintage reggae and ska with a touch of Conjunto accordion,” says Matt Hensley, legendary skateboarder and accordion player for Celtic punk band, Flogging Molly.… Read More
American reggae act, Algorhythm, has just dropped the first of several related EPs scheduled to release this year as part of their Surroundings series, an exciting project conceived by the band’s manager, Brandon Pescrille. The concept involves the band traveling to different cities around the world where they will… Read More
It may only be the first week of March, but if Break of Day, the recently released LP from California-based Looking East is any indication, 2026 promises to be a great year for reggae music.
Consisting of only two members, singer Drew Gonzales and producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Kearney who… Read More
New York’s IRIEspect, who fuse reggae with rock, hip-hop and Latin American flavors, have taken a big leap forward with their Lost in Time EP released in this past December.
This hard-working band from Long Island has been garnering… Read More
We’ve all known at least one: bands that have been great from the get-go, but for some reason haven’t quite hit that critical mass that other similarly talented acts managed to. Well, The Irie have been working their butts off and churning out killer tunes the past… Read More
