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Jul 5 2020

Recording with Ras Kawintseb

Pictured here in 1996, I was honoured to have the support of my friend and collaborator Ras Kawintseb Sellassie, who accompanied me from Toronto to record my first album What If I Told You at Kingston Muzik Studio in…

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Jul 4 2020

Recording with Seeco Patterson

I honed my skills alongside the late, great drummer Raffa Dean, who initiated me on percussion at Toronto's famous Bamboo Club throughout the 90s. Raffa played drums on the demo tape that landed me my first record deal with Kingston…

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Jul 3 2020

Recording with Family Man

Flanked by my bandmates from Toronto, Ras Kawintseb and Tomaz "Moose" Jardim, I arrived at Kingston Musik in Jamaica, and was greeted by the owner and CEO, Peter Blake. The next morning he introduced me to an irie dread named…

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Jul 2 2020

What If I Told You

Within a year of assembling the Halfway Tree band in Toronto, my demo cassette found its way to Kingston Muzik CEO Peter Blake, who invited me to Jamaica to record seven tracks to complete my first full-length album What If…

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Jul 1 2020

Halfway Tree

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree germinated in 1995. Clockwise, from left to right: Art Gold (trombone), Ras Kawintseb Sellassie (lead guitar and backing vocals), David Slater (saxophone), Mike Goodridge (drums), Tomaz "Moose" Jardim (rhythm guitar), Andru Branch (vocals, keyboards and…

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Jun 30 2020

Branchin' Out

After cutting my teeth with Toronto bands Jericho, Solid Foundation and Rockstone in the late 80s and early 90s, I went out on my own. This was the cover of my 'demo' cassette aptly entitled "Branchin' Out", shot by reggae…

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May 14 2020

The Graveyard

The human condition forces us all to consider our ultimate demise. I have come to terms with the one guarantee in life; that we will all one day return to the place from whence we came. I believe that accepting…

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May 13 2020

The Winter Of My Discontent

Throughout the 1970s most 7” 45 rpm singles manufactured in Jamaica included a B-side instrumental version of the A side, simply titled “VERSION”. This was in response the rapidly growing popularity of ‘toasters’ aka mic MCs, who would speak over…

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May 12 2020

Always On My Mind

As a young teenager growing up in Toronto in the early 80s one couldn’t help but be lured by the infectious music that became known as “two-tone ska”. UK band The Specials embodied the multi-racial sound and look for which…

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May 11 2020

Get Over You

With all of its similarities to reggae, I have never been particularly drawn to country music. For some reason however, my infatuation with a beautiful young art student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design inspired this little…

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May 9 2020

Happy Day

Immediately following my Mom’s funeral I went to visit my Dad in Fredericton. Saddened by the passing of his former wife, he tried but failed to comfort me. My Mom had been my closest person. Living alone together for over…

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May 8 2020

Ease Off The Pressure

This song opens with a familiar expression in Jamaican patios, roughly translated: “What the @#$% is going on?” These were words uttered on a regular basis by the Jamaican studio owner who signed me with his independent label at Kingston…

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