In October 2007, I flew from Washington, DC to California to join Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad on their first ever West Coast tour. Two of the shows were with a band I had never heard of before named The Simpkin Project, from Huntington Beach, CA.… Read… Read More
It’s not often that the music styles of old find renewed life through generations of singers; sometimes, though, our ears are blessed by something deeper than the edits that time forces upon art forms, something pure and resonant that has a lasting impression.… Read More… Read More
Rootfire is excited to announce that Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad‘s latest single “Gotta Make A Livin” was premiered by Relix yesterday. Starting in 1974 as a handmade newsletter devoted to connecting people who recorded Grateful Dead shows, today Relix, a beacon of grassroots success,… Read More
I am sitting at a folding card table on the second floor of an old dusty barn in Marshfield, MA. This building was built in 1871 and is typically used to house 4-H Plymouth County Fair craft entries. The dust has settled deeply into the floorboards and caked itself into… Read More
Learning curve. It’s a term we all know. But learning how to say, replace the power steering pump in a truck, or the hard drive in a laptop is different than learning how to bring your art, your lifeblood, your essence to the world.… Read More
California Roots Music and Arts Festival is just a few days away. The yearly pilgrimage to Monterey, California brings together the most influential modern reggae bands in the world. Cali Roots has also become home turf for many people working in the scene to spread the good word… Read More
Intro: In 2011, Alex Stern recognized a problem of his own creation: he was in a reggae band that was firmly committed to writing within its genre but his songs were grounded in a fascination with late 70’s Power-Pop and New Wave.… Read More
If I was a father and my daughter asked “Dad what is reggae music?” I could not think of a more beautiful door for her to pass through into the world of reggae than by listening to the music created by Raging Fyah.… Read More… Read More
