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
Cycles, the latest LP from northern Florida’s The Ellameno Beat, is a viiibe. This low-key collection of mostly lovers rock songs released this past summer intriguingly blends blissful, dreamy feels with an understated darker element, evoking an ambience of what… Read More
If I told you to rewind the clock five years, where would you be? Realistically, most of us were locked in our homes, watching blue summer skies smear into a palette of wispy autumn clouds as time dissolved into a blur of redundant mundanity.… Read… Read More
Given that reggae music emerged out of poverty and desperation among the common people of Jamaica as a unifying voice that nurtured hope and provided cathartic resistance to the oppressive powers, one might think that reggae fans would largely object to the regressive and restrictive policies of… Read More
There are several albums I listen to daily, often from front to back – not out of routine, but because they hit something deep inside. Whether it’s the profound smacks to my cerebral cortex, the induced eargasms that rattle my cranial nerves, or the wrenching tugs at… Read More
If you follow Rootfire with some degree of regularity, you’re probably familiar with our playlists on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. These include our Progressive Roots playlist curated by Kayla Kush, a rolling list of 40 songs with ten new songs added… Read More
Sometimes, when the ocean calls your name, you listen. You follow the whispers of the wind as they guide you beneath the stars and to the Atlantic blue, where summer never ends and the warm glow of the sun tickles every pore on your body – where… Read More
This summer, the heartbeat of reggae comes to Quebec as the Trois-Rivières Reggae Fest makes its debut from August 22 to 24, 2025 at Hippodrome 3R. With over 50 performers across three days, the festival is setting out to become Canada’s premier… Read More
