Jamaican legend Jimmy Cliff will be releasing his latest full-length album Rebirth next week (July 17th), but you can stream the album in its entirety over at Rolling Stone!  The album, produced by Rancid guitarist Tim Armstrong, features lots of vintage sounding reggae and ska tunes, including covers of The Clash‘s “Guns Of Brixton” and Rancid‘s “Ruby Soho.”  I am really enjoying this album.

You can stream Rebirth by Jimmy Cliff HERE

Our friends from Indiana, reggae-soul group Green Room Rockers, need your help!  As you may know, Super Bowl XLVI will be played in Indianapolis, IN on Sunday, February 5th and Rolling Stone magazine is putting on a contest to help a local band open up the Volkswagen Rock N’ Roll Tailgate Party for headliners Jane’s Addiction and The Roots.  As with most online contests, you have a limited time to vote.  Voting begins today and ends on Sunday, January 29th.  You can vote once per day.  To vote for GRR, click on the link below and click the vote button.  When it asks you to login, just connect with Facebook.

As a bonus, you can stream the band’s latest recording, a reggae version of Bob Dylan’s “Wagon Wheel.”  Also, if the band wins, frontman Mark Cooper promised to talk trash about the Patriots during the entire set!

To vote for Green Room Rockers, click HERE

The latest rising star in the reggae-jam scene is Huntington Beach, CA’s The Dirty Heads who are bringing their sound to Minneapolis tonight at The Cabooze.  This band was deemed one of the best bands in 2010 according to Rolling Stone magazine.  I will be at the show tonight which features Minnesota reggae bands like New Rebelution and GOULASH.  The show starts at 8pm and is 18+.  Buy your ticket at the door and avoid all the Ticketmaster charges!

Check out the video on YouTube HERE