A few years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the acclaimed street artist ROA. ROA was visiting Rochester, NY for the annual Wall/Therapy mural project, and as a team member, it was my task to pick him up from the airport and help him… Read More
Red, Gold, and Green has become color code for cool. We all know that Bob Marley was a Rasta. Images of Haile Selassie splashed across the backs of hoodies fill festival crowds throughout the world. Reggae symbols have become mainstream pop culture.… Read More
Straight out of Kingston, Jamaica, Raging Fyah brings their first mixtape of albums Judgement Day and Destiny hosted by Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi. Raging Fyah will be on a west coast promo tour starting in Santa Cruz and ending 11/24 in Brooklyn, NY.… Read More… Read More
We are experiencing an artisan takeover. Whether it’s coffee, beer, weed, or reggae, more and more people are ditching the corporate goods of mass production and searching for authentic homegrown tastes. A hint of classic with a splash of real personality.… Read More
On March 26th, 2014 the Brooklyn Attractors, including Victor Axelrod, Andy Bassford, Larry McDonald, Brett Tubin, Dan Jeselsohn, Eddie Ocampo, Buford O’Sullivan, Anant Pradhan, Luke Penella, and Rich Graiko came together to play a show at the Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY. Thankfully the audio was captured by the… Read More
Rootfire Mixtape 011 celebrates Old Dry Diggings, a boomtown in the Sierra Nevada mountains which rose and fell during the heyday of California’s gold rush. Known today as Placerville, the mountain town will host Dry Diggings Festival September 25-26, a celebration of the California Roots music and… Read More
On August 2, 2015, more than 3,000 members of the progressive roots community gathered in Avila Beach, CA for a celebration dubbed Rootfire At The Beach. The event brought together music makers Tribal Seeds, Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Collie Buddz, Shwayze, The Movement, and Expanders Sound System, at one of our… Read More
Thus said an old miser as he waited for his turn With appearance none-the-wiser for all the chances that he'd burned A storm approaches sure and heavy-- I'll be good when I am good, then I'll be ready I was gonna wait until tomorrow I don't know where all the time went by And I… Read More
