American reggae band SOJA took home the Grammy for best reggae album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, and the internet is not happy about it. The Virginia-based band won the award for their ...
Although reggae has become larger, the genre is still largely pigeonholed to the image of Bob Marley. In a lot of ways, Bob Marley is more well known than the reggae genre itself. The style has so ...
Just in time for a sweet Valentine’s night, Grammy-winning reggae band SOJA comes to the Vilar Performing Arts Center with special guest HIRIE opening the show. SOJA, an acronym for Soldiers of Jah ...
As a young man in Arlington, Virginia, in the late 1990s, Soja frontman Jacob Hemphill dreamed of traveling across the Potomac to play the reggae clubs in Washington, D.C.’s historic U Street corridor ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Fueled by the sheer force of the band's connection and chemistry, Beauty in the ...
When you think reggae, what do you think of? Bob Marley, right? But where else does your mind go? Probably not to Virginia or, really, anywhere in America. When you think reggae, you think of Jamaica, ...
Since their Jan. 31 release, Washington D.C. based SOJA's "Strength to Survive" (ATO Records) has topped the Reggae Album chart four of the last five weeks. This globally minded band, with fans in… By ...
Dancehall artist Spice took to Twitter to console disappointed fans after she, Sean Paul and other Jamaican musicians lost in the Best Reggae Album category to a white band from Virginia—named SOJA ...
Soja is a reggae band from Washington Frontman Jacob Hemphill is equally inspired by Bob Marley, Wu-Tang Clan and Rage Against the Machine Don't let lead singer Jacob Hemphill's laid-back demeanor ...