Easy Star All-Stars have announced their 2016 spring tour: kicking things off with their annual 420 show at The Highline Ballroom in their hometown of NYC (on April 20, of course), the band then heads out to the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions for two more weeks on the road.

The 7th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival has announced their official Pre-Party and Late Night Sessions shows featuring Unified Highway, E.N Young, Inna Vision and more May 26th through the 29th. All shows are 21+ at Planet Gemini, located across the street from the Monterey County Fairgrounds.
 

Raging Fyah, one of Jamaica's most promising roots reggae bands of this generation, begins their U.S. Spring tour on March 1 in Denver, Colorado. The five-piece Kingston collective will join Stick Figure in mid-March until the end of April for the cross-country Set In Stone Tour. Raging Fyah will head back to the U.S. on May 29 to perform at the annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival. See full tour schedule below.

The 7th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival is looking for skilled painters to share the stage with Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, Atmosphere, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, and more.

Fans of the Madison, Wisconsin-based collective Natty Nation have been anticipating a new album since the group whet their appetite in 2010 with the emotive and anthemic single, “Suffice.” The song was the first new track since the group’s highly acclaimed 2008 album, Reincarnation. On March 11^th, Natty Nation will release Divine Spark (iNatty Records). The album represents epiphanic spiritual and artistic journeys.

The Movement has garnered critical acclaim and earned a dedicated fanbase for its infectious and distinct reggae throughout their decade long career. The trio’s last two studio albums have debuted in the top two spots of the Billboard reggae chart.

Easy Star All-Stars have announced their 2016 spring tour: kicking things off with their annual 420 show at The Highline Ballroom in their hometown of NYC (on April 20, of course), the band then heads out to the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions for two more weeks on the road.

Modern reggae’s elite quartet New Kingston are supporting Pepper and Hours Eastly on the Hawaiian Punch Tour this February.

On Friday March 11th reggae sensation Mighty Mystic will release his highly anticipated third album titled "The Art of Balance". This project will be released through California based Roots Musician Records which is the brainchild of E.N Young (member of Tribal Seeds). This will mark the first time these two reggae entities will be working together thus far.

Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa will release their debut album, Funk 'n' Feathers, on April 1, 2016, after years of explosive, thunderous live performances all over the Crescent City. The new recording is a red-hot combination of two of New Orleans’ quintessential trademarks, Mardi Gras Indians and street level funk music.