Soulshine featuring Michael Franti and Spearhead + SOJA + Brett Dennen + Trevor Hall

From the Beatnigs’ industrial strength to the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy’s melding of Public Enemy and Noam Chomsky, Michael Franti has always led politically minded groups. He’s grown progressively more melodic with each guise and each record but remains as sharp as ever. Virginia's SOJA (short for Soldiers of Jah Army) lofts the torch of roots reggae for the jam-band- and hip-hop-infatuated youth of today.