Rootfire is giving away a pair of tickets for The Expanders show at The Holding Company in San Diego on February 28th.
The Expanders will be joined by special guests, New Leaf and DJ Carlos Culture.
The group just released “Sweet & Slow”, a single featuring Slightly Stoopid.…
The Rootfire community is open to all artists in the greater world of reggae music, progressive roots, dancehall, and more. Click on the profiles below to learn about artists, their teams, discographies and more. If you are an artist and would like a Rootfire profile, you can… Read More
Recently I was hanging out on tour with my friends Jesse Wagner and Roger Rivas, singer/guitarist and organist respectively of L.A. early-reggae group The Aggrolites. We somehow got onto the subject of past interviews we had given, and how frequently in the course of these interviews we had encountered… Read More
Last week, I sat in a Florida motel room with some of my best friends from Los Angeles’s most revered early-reggae group The Aggrolites. We were talking about some of our shared experiences playing in backing bands for foundational Jamaican artists.… Read More
As we prepare for the next big event of the year, Reggae Rise Up Florida, we have a special interview with Jah9, one of the rising women of modern reggae, who is not only performing at this year’s festival, she is also leading a class at this… Read More
Instrumental music has long been an essential part of the history of reggae music. Versions of popular riddims were at the core of sound system parties, laying the foundation for DJs and toasters who hyped the crowd, fighting for the biggest reaction.… Read More
The Expanders new single “Blood Morning” dropped February 16 on Rootfire Cooperative, marking the release of their first piece of original music since 2015’s #1 Billboard Reggae topper Hustling Culture. With a knack for delivering music in the style of authentic golden-era… Read More
The best original music often times comes from artists who have studied their predecessors, learned their songs and know the elements of their style inside and out. Los Angeles-based The Expanders are just such an act. When it comes to roots music, these guys deliver… Read More
