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 ...

If contemporary reggae with a forthright social conscience has a chance of impacting mainstream radio, SOJA is likely the band to accomplish that feat. By Patricia Meschino “I wanted to be Bob Marley ...

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 ...

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WHO ARE THEY: Soja is a reggae band from Arlington, VA that has been performing since 1997. The band’s debut independent album “Soldiers of Jah Army” was released in 2000 and their first full length ...

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, ...

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 ...

Virginia reggae-rock band SOJA (the name stands for Soldiers of Jah Army) take the mellow music of uplift and head-nodding rhythms, giving it a nice American spin. Frontman Jacob Hemphill spent some ...

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 ...