Makua Rothman

Rothman had not considered music as a career until 2012 when his friend Rob Garcia told him that people should hear his music. On the verge of leaving for a trip to Indonesia Rothman decided to cancel the trip to work on his music. A few months later he released his first EP Makanale Road. Since then he’s released a full-length album in 2013 Sound Wave and toured all over the US headlining small shows and opening for artists such as Matisyahu Sublime w /Rome Common Kings, The Wailers, Steel Pulse, Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, and Donavon Frankenreiter. Sound Wave debuted as the #1 Billboard World Album on iTunes and peaked as the #1 Billboard Reggae Album on December 28 2013. In 2017 Rothman guest performed on Goldfinger’s album The Knife playing ukeke on “Liftoff”. He has also partnered with Hawaiian youth organizations to create programs for local youth at-risk.