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Editor’s Note: At midnight last night, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad released a mini-EP on Easy Star Records titled Chants Dubbed and Remixed, which includes two mind-blowing dub remixes of their song, “Chants” featuring Clinton Fearon from their last studio LP, Love in Time.… Read More
Rootfire LOVES The Aggrolites! We covered the release of their last studio LP, Reggae Now, and we are teaming up with Bowery Presents to raffle off two pairs of tickets to some lucky winners for their show this Friday at Music Hall of Williamsburg.… Read More
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Slightly Stoopid frontman, Miles Doughty, recently bought The Harp in his hometown, Ocean Beach, CA, and they’re throwing a 420 party with live reggae music. Come join us in celebrating the reggae roots of Ocean Beach music, culture and lifestyle.… Read More
A couple of weeks ago, Rootfire published an article about The Bandulus, who just released a royal flush of an album titled Tell it Like it Is on Badasonic Records. Well, the Belgian-based label has dropped aces back to back with their next release, this one titled Look Around You from a new group called The Utopians.… Read More
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Atlanta, GA – Piper Street Sound, the Atlanta based producer aka Matt Mansfield, has revisited his 2021 release Black Eyed Peace with a remix EP aptly named Black Eye Dub.… Read More
Editor’s Note: Scottish reggae artist, Soom-T, is a favorite of the Rootfire team. We first covered her back in March of 2021 when Kayla Kush interviewed her as part of our Women in Reggae series. Today, we publish an Album Showcase article focusing on her latest LP, The Louder the Better, which was released this past October. … Read More
On a Saturday evening back in late October, I made my way to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn for a much-anticipated reggae show featuring The Bandulus and Uzimon. For those unfamiliar, Uzimon is a Bermuda-born, Brooklyn-based international reggae superstar specializing in dancehall, rub-a-dub and rocksteady known to kill men with lyrical bullets, but we will delve into his story some other time.… Read More
Vermont-based singer/songwriter, Mihali, has done it again with this feel-good, uplifting tune. With production from Cisco Adler and indie/hip-hop artist, Wax, featured on the track, what could possibly go wrong?!
“Real Good Day” pulls the listener in immediately with an extremely inviting guitar intro/solo that sets the tone of the song.… Read More
For the past two decades plus, few artists from within the modern reggae scene have brought me more enjoyment than roots and dub outfit 10 Ft. Ganja Plant. A big part of their vintage sound stems from the work of Craig “Dubfader” Welsch, who serves as their drummer and engineer and at different times has previously applied his talents to enhance the live shows of John Brown’s Body and Slightly Stoopid as front-of-house sound.… Read More