Mark Johnson Playing For Change Mark Johnson is a Grammy Award Winning Producer/ Engineer and Award-Winning Film Director. For the past 15 years, Mark has worked with some of the most renowned producers in the music, film and television industries, and with such musical artists as Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Keith Richards, Sara Bareilles, Bono, […]
Cali Treez The Faded Republic Artists BZ Bwai, Adam Willis, and Alex Puente are on the path to set a new musical standard once again. They are ‘Cali Treez,’ a fusion of Reggae, Rock, Hip-Hop, and RnB. These talented musicians have been formulatin new wave of music, called ‘Mash-Up.’ Combining the elements from each artist, they bring […]
IrieFuse IrieFuse is a collection of long-time friends and fresh talent, sprouting from the hills of Marin County, California. Performing together since early 2013, they hit the scene hard – flooding Northern California with live shows and numerous festival appearances, including Reggae in the Hills and the One Love, One Heart Festival in Sacramento within […]
Empress Unification Meet Empress Unification… a collective of Bay Area female artists who perform Reggae & World music in 5 different languages (English, Farsi, French, Portuguese and Spanish). Depending on the guest female artist, the performances may include Hebrew, Arabic, and Armenian as well. The purpose of EU is to highlight the works and message […]
Iya Terra As the genre of Reggae music is continuously evolving, Los Angeles, California, based Iya Terra has found a way to take the messages of traditional Roots-Reggae and seamlessly mash them up in a today version. The young group of musicians have chosen the name Iya Terra, meaning “Higher Ground,” as the launching pad […]
Prime Livity Meet Prime Livity… a Reggae band from Los Angeles, California that plays for positive, conscious change in the world. Through the power of the Most High, their music comes alive, uplifting brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, while keeping spirituality, love, and respect for all life in our musical being. Since the beginning […]
Prosperity Movement On July 14, 2015, the world was greeted by the rhythms from an artful compilation of Reggae-Urban World fusion with the release of ‘Prosperity Movement’, a beautifully crafted EP from the record label of the same name. Prosperity Movement was made for the urban traveler. From Oakland, California, to the rest of the world, WolfHawkJaguar and Osunfemi […]
High Hopes Band With their roots steeped deep in the tradition of the classic 70’s period of conscious reggae, the High Hopes Band (HHB) is considered one of New England’s premiere reggae bands. High Hopes combines influences of roots reggae, dub, & RnB into its own style and sound. High Hopes has been performing throughout […]
Alton Ellis Godfather of Rocksteady Chronicle Alton Ellis OD (September 1, 1938 – October 10, 2008) was a Jamaican vocalist best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady, a romantic, rhythm and blues styled jamaican music genre which was a successor of ska and a precursor to reggae. The soulful Alton Ellis was referred […]
Make It Right By Nicholas Da Silva, IRIE August 29, 2015 marked ten years to the day Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, killing 1,833 people and destroying 5,363 homes in the Lower 9th Ward alone. Back in August 2007, two years after Katrina, Hollywood actor and architecture enthusiast […]
Arden Park Roots Cali Reggae Back on April ‘420’ 2015, IRIE Magazine introduced our fans to our Norcal brothers, Arden Park Roots. Sacramento’s much loved surf/roots/rock/reggae band, APR has established themselves as a commanding presence in the California music scene. Their sounds include surf, roots reggae and rock. They have toured relentlessly over the past […]
Riotmaker In the short 2 years that Riotmaker has been performing live, the fellas have been fortunate enough to share the stage with many amazing acts such as: Rome Ramirez from Sublime with Rome, Tesla, Oleander, Middle Class Rut, Fishbone, Authority Zero, J BOOG, Common Kings, Rappin 4 Tay, Anuhea, The Supervillains, New Kingston, The […]