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JESSE ROYAL NOMINATED FOR BEST REGGAE ALBUM GRAMMY
64th Annual GRAMMY Award Nominations Final voting for Recording Academy members is open until January 5, 2022. Thank you for your consideration! Congratulations to Jesse Royal for his first GRAMMY nomination for the outstanding album Royal. It all starts with the music and the vision from Jesse, we couldn't be more proud of you, King. ⠀ ⠀ Thanks to the whole team for their work and dedication to the project: Sean Alaric, Vision Alexander, Jason Panton, Trung Hoang, Gavin Sheppard, Soundwave Consulting, JonFX, With Love [...]
INDUBIOUS TEAMS UP WITH GAUDI FOR A REMIX & DUB OF “I CAN BREATHE”
OUT NOW In April of this year, Indubious released THE BRIDGE, their latest album of spiritual and organic reggae tinged with electronica and dancehall elements. The record included collaborations with the late Zumbi of Zion I, Mike Love, Jah9, and dancehall legends Capleton, Anthony B., and Sizzla, among others. Now the band has been putting together remixes and dubs of the songs on THE BRIDGE with the aim of releasing THE BRIDGE REMIXED in early 2022. The first tracks to drop from [...]
ROYAL BLU MEETS THE AUTOS FOR A “DANCEHALL SESSION”
OUT NOW ON EASY STAR RECORDS Royal Blu has teamed up with music production collective The Autos to release the track “Dancehall Session,” an uptempo blend of retro and modern sounds. Blu connected with Ian Gastl, former Tatanka (Colorado-based Reggae band) singer/songwriter [and head of The Autos] and the two immediately hit it off. This track is their official debut and is indicative of Blu’s own sound: fusing the foundation of the classic Dancehall and Reggae sounds with something more contemporary and [...]
MARCUS GAD MEETS TAMAL ON NEW ALBUM BRAVE NEW WORLD
Out Now on Easy Star Records Marcus Gad, the fast-rising reggae artist hailing from New Caledonia, a French-controlled island in the South Pacific, embodies a spiritual movement of soul music and meditative roots that is uniquely his. For his latest project he has teamed up once again with his long-time collaborator and friend, French producer Tamal. Together they give us a slice of their dynamic, globally influenced reggae style on their just released project Brave New World. The new album drops November [...]
ZAC JONE$’S ‘THE WEED SONG’ FT JESSE ROYAL IS ALL ABOUT THE FEEL GOOD NATURE OF THE HERB
OUT NOW ON EASY STAR RECORDS ZAC JONE$ has teamed up with International Reggae Star Jesse Royal on ‘The Weed Song’, dedicated to the ‘feel good’ high from the controversial plant. Rising Producer/Artist and frequent collaborator Iotosh ("Rich Forever" by Jesse Royal, “West Indies” by Koffee, etc) finessed the production with a mesmerizing blend of the flute and thumping Reggae drum beats with notable dub and hip hop elements. “I wrote this song at a time when I was busy doing a [...]