Don Carlos (photo credit: Kim Sallaway)

Enjoy three days of reggae on the waterfront at The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. One Love Cali Reggae Fest will take place on Feb. 10-12 and will feature performances by Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Dirty Heads, 311, SOJA, Iration, Stick Figure, Fortunate Youth, WAR and many more.

3-Day and single day passes are available now! They also have VIP Lounges, Rage On The Stage Passes, VIP Cabanas, and Queen Mary Hotel Packages! There is also the official One Love After Party on the decks of The Queen Mary with Don Carlos, Israel Vibration, Marlon Asher and other special guests.

For more information visit: http://onelovecalifest.com

As the year comes to an end, Reggae lovers, critics and enthusiasts are all weighing in on how the genre shaped up in 2016. As the Jamaican music continues to spread across the globe, it is constantly attracting new contributors. That being said, a lot of Reggae albums were released in 2016.

After reviewing all the top Reggae platforms and conversing with some of the industry’s harshest critics, we can confidently say that the general consensus seems to be that “Theory of Reggaetivity” by Assassin – also known as Agent Sasco – is considered one of the best Reggae albums for the year.

“Theory of Reggaetivity” features collaborations with Chronixx and Australian singer, Elesia Iimura. Featured producers on “Theory of Reggaetivity” are Ranch Entertainment, Silly Walks, Notis (Unga Barunga), Chimney Records, Notice Productions, Protoje’s Diggy British, Theo Butler and Niko Browne.

Click here to purchase the album

1. Theory Of Reggaetivity
2. What Is Reggae? (AC, LC, JC Intro)
3. Reggae Origins
4. Health & Wealth
5. LC (Intro)
6. Feel Highrie
7. Mix Up
8. Crazy (feat. Elesia Iimura)
9. Africa
10. J.O.B. (Skit)
11. Slave No More feat. Chronixx
12. Stronger
13. Day In Day Out
14. Country Bus

Title: Theory of Reggaetivity
Artist: Assassin aka Agent Sasco
Producers: Various
Label: Germaica Digital
Release: February 19th, 2016

Built to a sweet Lover’s Rock groove that includes addictive chord progression and key changes, Glen Washington sweetly sings “if you find your way to me / I will always love you endlessly / there is none to love you better than me / just you wait and see baby” which is answered by Miss Diva who sings “baby everything you do around me is on my mind / only time will tell and show how much you blow my mind / even when the gray skies are blue / I know I can depend on you / I love you ….”

Based on the vocals, it’s clear that Glen sees the star in Miss Diva, giving her room to shine, and the upcoming starlet doesn’t disappoint.  Having a career that spans more than 30 years as a singer, songwriter and drummer, Glen has worked with Icons Joseph ‘Culture’ Hill, Stevie Wonder and Clement Dodd (Sir Coxone – Studio One).  His hit singles include “Kindness for Weakness,” “One of These Days” and “Strangers In the Night.”  As for Miss Diva, her catalog is emerging with the release of her self entitled EP Seven Shades of Love.  The 8 track disk showcases the artist’s sing-jay style on Reggae and Dancehall riddims. 

Download the hot collaboration “Find Your Way to Me” between Glen Washington and Miss Diva by clicking here!

One of the biggest reggae events globally is the celebration of reggae’s most beloved star, Robert Nesta Marley, more popularly known as Bob Marley. A couple years ago, Jam Link International – undeniably, the #1 urban event promoter in Aarhus, Denmark – hosted an unforgettable tribute to the reggae king. The event attracted audiences from across Denmark, Germany, England and Sweden and was given a 5 star review in G.A.F.F.A magazine.

Now that Aarhus is named the cultural city for 2017, Jam Link International, in collaboration with Voxhall, will host the 2017 Tribute to Bob Marley on February 4^th at Voxhall (Vester Allé 15, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark). The headlining act for this event is Europe’s most popular Marley tribute band, Roots Riders. The Roots Riders have appeared all over the world, performing at sold out events, festivals, stadiums etc.

Jam Link Intl. has announced that in addition to Roots Riders, Mitchell Browning, known from Voice of Holland, where he sang Redemption Song for his audition (56 million views on YouTube), will also share the stage. Additional presenters includes: G.A.F.F.A journalist Henrik Bæk, who will do an interactive presentation of Rastafarian culture, Bob Marley’s life and music; Line Hassall Thomsen, from Y Aarhus Poetry Club. She will provide a poetry tribute to Bob Marley. There will be reggae inspired art by visual artist, Annette Vogel and of course music will be provided by Aarhus’ local sound systems and DJs. Finally, Marley coffee will be served and Cafe Food Fein will serve a special reggae menu at their cafe as a prelude to the party.

Purchase tickets here

For additional info visit the official FB page for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/169049240235319/

Talented musician, percussionist, producer and recording artist, Roughhouse continues to spread his message of peace, hopefulness and joy with his new single “How was your day?”. Roughhouse shares that his inspiration for this particular single came out of the simple observation of people greeting each other and not really engaging beyond the basic pleasantries. Roughhouse hopes “How was your day?” will inspire everyone to spend some more time connecting with each other. He released his first acoustic album in 2015 entitled “Take a look” followed by a personal reggae album “Peace and Inspiration.”

Roughhouse was born into a musical home in the parish of Manchester as his father Keith Powell Senior played guitar for legends like Bunny Wailer, Dennis Brown and We The People Band. His father taught him to play the bass and he learned on his own the guitar. Working on Jamaica’s North Coast as resident bassist and entertainment manager at Club Caribbean, a chance encounter found him in Germany in 2000 working with Sierra-Leon singer, Patrice. From then on, Roughhouse established himself as a musician, producer and later, recording artist. He has however maintained his strong connection to Jamaica and has over the years performed and recorded with artists such as Tarrus Riley, Ken Boothe, President Brown, Andru Donalds, Junior Kelly, Kyenie and he shares credit of his latest effort “How was your day?” with Influential.

Ever true to the words ‘Our Past, Present and Future are all happening at once’ Roughhouse lives in each moment. This freedom allows his charismatic, creative and artistic abilities to always be his drivers for success.

The new release “How was your day?” is available on iTunes and Spotify. Click here or on image above to stream from Soundcloud. PR contact: L. Nicole Brown | nicole@231ep.com | 876.378.5610

Story by Nat Ladiva

Typical Féfé is a foundation French reggae artist who has collaborated with several other established French acts: Tonton David, Nuttea, MC Janik, and that is just to name a few. He evolved from the sound system culture, journeying between France and the Caribbean. He is currently among the new generation / new vibration with artists like as Tiwony and Straïka D and together they work under the label Record 7 Seals.

Typical Féfé continues to work extremely hard in France and the Caribbean, where he recently shared the scene with the legendary group “Ruffneg” (in Martinique). They celebrated their 20 year career.

Fans and supporters of Typical Féfé now awaits his 2017 mixtape release which will include over 50 titles. Click here or on the image above to check out his recently released single.