Groundation’s new album is a reimagined true dubby counterpart to their 2022 album. With Groundations trademark mixture of reggae, dub and jazzy beats, “Dub Rock” showcases their flair.

Book a trip to the Sierra Nevada Foothills for an epic weekend of reggae at the Dry Diggings Festival. This year’s festival, which runs August 25-27, has an amazing lineup including headliners Ky-Mani Marley, Dirty Heads, and Slightly Stoopid.

Groundation performed an amazing set at Dry Diggings 2022 and Daily Reggae Photo Editor, John Rouse, took these epic photos of the band coming together before they hit the stage, and of frontman Harrison Stafford jamming on guitar!

Since its inception in 1999, Groundation has brought to the reggae community an immense catalogue of quality recorded music that blends genuine and heartfelt roots reggae with jazz influenced compositions and instrumental performances. As is the case for many of the albums we have reviewed thus far, Groundation's wonderful new album "One Rock" was born from the fires of the pandemic.

Dailyreggae.com caught up with Groundation’s Harrison Stafford to learn about the fabulous new Groundation album, “One Rock”, released today by Easy Star Records. Harrison reflects on the album’s inspiration, working with reggae legends like Israel Vibration, The Abyssinians, and The Congos, and his musical influences.

For their second single release leading up to a collaborative new EP, Mike Love and Rising Tide have teamed up with reggae legend Clinton Fearon to create a wonderful new track titled Medicine Man. With their combined musical talent in full flex, these skilled musicians were able to combine horns, harmonies, complex chord structures, and inventive arrangements in a way that still allows the song to vibe as if it was simpler and more minimal. Such a feat is no easy task, but for these three artists it seems to have been done with ease.

Mike Love has teamed up with California-based reggae collective, Rising Tide, which is made up of original members of Groundation. Love and the Rising Tide have an upcoming EP titled Together and have released the beautiful new title track. Together truly is a reggae masterpiece highlighting Mike Love’s artistry, songwriting and the collaboration with Rising Tide makes for an incredible new sound. Together communicates a strong call to action for people to come together and help make changes in today’s world to help protect future generations.

Ahead of the band’s tenth studio album, Groundation has released the irie Original Riddim featuring Israel Vibration and The Abyssinians, via France’s BACO Records and Easy Star Records. The album titled One Rock will drop this May and will feature nine new songs. We cannot wait!