Behind The Beat: Leilani Wolfgramm; A Songwriter’s Story

Roots Musician Records recording artist Leilani Wolfgramm has been kicking ass and taking names over the last eight months since the release of her debut LP Rebel. The surname Wolfgramm is fittingly connected to a 12th century German epic poet and Leilani translates to “Heavenly Child” as only a divine spirit could undertake her latest [...]

Live: Mike Pinto (6/17/15)

Date: Wednesday, June 17th 2015 @ 8:30pm Line Up: Mike Pinto, The Sindicate, The Mystic Arrows, and The Lights Venue: Nectar Lounge. Fremont, Seattle, Washington   Live: Mike Pinto Summer Tour 2015 @ Nectar Lounge. 5-30-15 The Storyteller, Mike Pinto, stopped in Seattle, Washington in the middle of his Summer Tour and The Pier made sure to get [...]

The Pier: Catching Up With Tribal Seeds

A staple within the American roots-reggae genre, Tribal Seeds will soon hit the road for their upcoming Summer Smoke Out Tour with The Expanders and Arise Roots. We talked with one of Tribal Seeds’ founding members, Tony-Ray Jacobo, to discuss the tour as well as the state of his progressive reggae band.

MP3 Leak of the Week: Bag of Toys

This Tuesday, June 23rd, San Fransisco, CA & Wilmington, NC based Bag of Toys will drop their 5th studio album titled Eating Monsters. As a result, Bag of Toys have agreed to give away their new song “Stinky Gorilla” which is about the lead-singer’s son. Grab the song on the homepage and read more here…

Video: Third World – “Yimmasgan”

The Damian Marley produced song is a fresh take on the 1974 original track by The Abyssinians. Yim-mas-gan means let him be praised in the ancient Ethiopian Amharic language. This is the second song written by The Abyssinians that Third World recorded. The first was “Satta Massagana,” released in 1975 on Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. […]

Jah Cure’s New Album ‘The Cure’

On July 10th, Jamaican-born singer Jah Cure will be releasing his seventh album entitled The Cure via his own Iyah Cure Productions. Born Siccature Alcock in Hanover, Jamaica, Jah Cure is a Jamaican reggae musician, who was raised in Kingston.

Jurassic 5’s Summer Tour 2015

Fresh from a spring tour of Australia, New Zealand and Japan, powerhouse hip-hop group Jurassic 5 is preparing for a summer tour of Europe and the U.S.