THE LOVING PAUPERS
“Is it roots reggae? Is it lovers rock? No, it’s The Loving Paupers.” So begins the legendary Don Letts’ liner notes for this young band’s new album, LADDERS, their first on Easy Star Records. The group hails from Washington, DC, and features lead singer Kelly Di Filippo, who has been heard on tracks by JonQuan and others. Letts continues: “I don’t know how this Washington, DC-based dub reggae outfit was brought up, but for the most part, like me, they seem to have been raised with sixties pop hitting them in one ear and seventies reggae hitting them in the other.” That just about nails it for this unique act that sounds pretty unlike any of their contemporaries in the US and world reggae scene.
NEWS ABOUT THE LOVING PAUPERS
MORTIMER x KABAKA PYRAMID x LILA IKÉ – “BRUISES” – NEW VISUALIZER & SINGLE OUT NOW – FROM WITHIN DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
Rising star Mortimer, who GRAMMY.com recently hailed as one of the key “artists shaping contemporary reggae,” taps 2023 GRAMMY-winning reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid and the genre’s shining star Lila Iké for a triple threat collaboration on “Bruises.” The thought-provoking track is from Mortimer’s upcoming debut [...]
KAYLAN ARNOLD MEETS THE AUTOS – “DON’T CRY” SINGLE & LYRIC VIDEO OUT NOW
The Autos, fresh off the recent release of their powerhouse song “Light My Way,” with Royal Blu and Kabaka Pyramid, return with this new collaboration with up-and-coming multi-genre singer/songwriter Kaylan Arnold. Arnold is a Haitian/Belizean-American from south Florida who [...]
LINVAL THOMPSON x JONQUAN x TICKLAH – BOUND TO FALL – NEW SINGLE + DUB AVAILABLE NOW ON 7″ VINYL
Following the buzz around their first, recent collaboration, "Cultivator," Linval Thompson and JonQuan return with "Bound To Fall," another roots-heavy track, this time with Ticklah at the mixing board. Babylon will surely fall under this heavyweight tune. Stream or get your limited edition physical 7” [...]
KUMAR MEETS THE 18TH PARALLEL – WORLD WIDE LOVE – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Fruits Records and Easy Star Records proudly present ‘World Wide Love,’ the brand new single by Kumar with The 18th Parallel, taken from the upcoming album TALES OF REALITY. Kumar, former lead singer [...]
EASY STAR RELEASES FEATURING THE LOVING PAUPERS
- African Brothers
- Artist
- Backbeat Soundsystem
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Cas Haley
- Damian Marley
- Double Tiger
- Easy Star All-Stars
- EP Album Releases
- Flying Vipers
- Full Length Album Releases
- Fyah Roiall
- Gentleman's Dub Club
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
- Groundation
- Indubious
- Jaz Elise
- Jesse Royal
- Jesse Royal
- John Brown's Body
- Johnny Osbourne
- JonQuan
- Kabaka Pyramid
- Kaylan Arnold
- Kirsty Rock
- Kumar
- L.A.B
- Lila Iké
- Linval Thompson
- Marcus Gad
- Mortimer
- New Kingston
- Passafire
- Protoje
- Ranking Joe
- Rebelution
- Releases
- Rob Symeonn
- Royal Blu
- Samory I
- Sevana
- Single Releases
- Sister Carol
- Spragga Benz
- Sugar Minott
- SunDub
- The 18th Parallel
- The Autos
- The Black Seeds
- The Expanders
- The Green
- The Late Ones
- The Loving Paupers
- The Meditations
- The Skints
- The Steppas
- Ticklah
- Tommy T
- Triston Palma
- Unified Highway
- Various Artists
- Victor Rice
- Zac Jone$