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JOHN BROWN’S BODY RETURNS WITH “HARD FIGHT” & DUB VERSION

STREAM / DOWNLOAD HARD FIGHT STREAM / DOWNLOAD HARD DUB Ever since the foundational US reggae band John Brownโ€™s Bodyย reunited after a 6-year break in 2024, fans have been wondering if the return to live shows might lead to new music โ€“ and it has! โ€œHard Fightโ€ is the first new single since 2016โ€™s celebratedย FIREFLIESย album. JBB helped build the current US scene, being one of the first reggae acts to tour nationwide, which turned a generation [...]

May 2nd, 2025|Tags: |

WELCOME HIRIE TO EASY STAR

We are very excited to announce thatย Easy Star Recordsย is partnering withย Controlled Substance Sound Labs on a release for the first time โ€“ and the first single is right here! HIRIEย has been crafting beautiful music over the years and is now continuing to raise her game, this time with a song called โ€œElevation.โ€ Itโ€™s the first single off of her upcoming full-length, coming later this year, so keep your eyes and ears peeled for more updates to come. โ€œElevationโ€ is a celestial journey [...]

April 18th, 2025|Tags: |

OFF WORLD – NEW ALBUM FROM FLYING VIPERS OUT NOW

Weโ€™re proud to release Off World, the third full-length album (and first on Easy Star) fromย Flying Vipers! After 10 years of instrumental dubwise reggae, the next chapter of the band has arrived, with new addition Kellee Webbโ€™s soulful lead vocals adding depth to the Vipersโ€™ cassette-crafted sound. Flying Vipers record murky dub-inflected reggae on a Tascam 8-track in their basement bunker outside Boston, MA. Their love of Jamaican and UK 70โ€™s roots and dub is their north star, but eclectic crates [...]

April 11th, 2025|Tags: |

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE WITH JESSE ROYAL’S NEW SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO – “LIGHT OF MINE”

GRAMMY-nominated Jesse Royalย returns with another single from his upcoming next album, this time pairing up once again with producerย Dretegs. โ€œLight Of Mineโ€ weaves the classic civil rights tune into a song that reflects how Jesse is currently pushing an agenda to educate and better the lives of the youths around him in his native Jamaica and beyond. Jesse says, โ€œWe shine brilliantly as the Universe intended it to be. Even in a world that tries to dim our light, for it is [...]

March 28th, 2025|Tags: |

“ARMS” NEW VIDEO & SINGLE FROM ROYAL BLU x D’YANI – OUT NOW

Royal Bluย returns with a new single from his upcoming full-length debut (due out later this spring).ย โ€œArmsโ€ย is a collab with the dancehallย starย Dโ€™Yaniย (another artist originally out of Spanish Town, like Blu). The song brings a hybrid dancehall/reggae style with a strong lovers rock lean. Once again, produced by theย G.wavย team (Runkus, RiddimBoss, KaleX, and Royal Blu). Blu says, โ€œโ€™Armsโ€™ is a song about embracing the โ€˜hot and coldโ€™ feeling that we sometimes experience in relationships and overcoming it with compromise and reassurance.โ€ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlTHopEPsI&list=PL2QelqwgR7JnEB1sU_kS_ipPIPMpOt3a5 [...]

February 13th, 2025|Tags: , |