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.
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MORTIMER – “MY CHILD” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Today, Jamaican singer-songwriter Mortimer releases “My Child,” the fourth single from his anticipated full-length debut. The album, titled From Within, was produced by Winta James (often in conjunction with Mortimer), and will be released September 20, 2024 by Overstand Entertainment and Easy Star [...]
ROYAL BLU X KABAKA PYRAMID X THE AUTOS – “LIGHT MY WAY” – NEW SINGLE & VIDEO OUT NOW
Royal Blu teams up with GRAMMY winner Kabaka Pyramid and The Autos production collective to deliver this inspiring roots reggae anthem. This follows two previous singles Blu worked with The Autos ("Dancehall Session" and "Artillery") while also representing the first [...]
THE GHOST OF LADDERS FROM THE LOVING PAUPERS & VICTOR RICE RELEASES TODAY
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MORTIMER’S NEW SINGLE “NOT A DAY GOES BY” OUT NOW
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EASY STAR RELEASES FEATURING THE LOVING PAUPERS
- African Brothers
- Artist
- Backbeat Soundsystem
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Cas Haley
- Double Tiger
- Easy Star All-Stars
- EP Album Releases
- 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
- Kirsty Rock
- L.A.B
- Lila Iké
- Linval Thompson
- Marcus Gad
- Mortimer
- New Kingston
- Passafire
- Protoje
- Rebelution
- Releases
- Rob Symeonn
- Royal Blu
- Samory I
- Sevana
- Single Releases
- Sister Carol
- Spragga Benz
- Sugar Minott
- SunDub
- 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$