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New York City's Easy Star Records has produced three of the best-selling and trendsetting reggae albums around - the Easy Star All-Stars' Dub Side of the Moon, Radiodread and Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band - while building an international brand and roster that has come to signify quality and class.

The independent label has created an impressive body of work that includes those above-mentioned in-house productions, along with progressive recordings from envelope-pushing acts like Protoje, Jesse Royal, John Brown's Body, The Skints, The Black Seeds, Rebelution, Passafire, Backbeat Soundsystem, Gentleman's Dub Club, Cas Haley, New Kingston, The Expanders, Lila Ike, The Late Ones, Marcus Gad, Tommy T, JonQuan and Ticklah; reissues of classic reggae from the vaults of Sugar Minott and Linval Thompson; new music from reggae legends The Meditations and Sister Carol; and collaborations with international reggae stars like Matisyahu,  Michael Rose, U Roy, Luciano, Anthony B, Christofer Martin and Morgan Heritage.

Easy Star has steadily built a scene that extends in many directions, following any path where reggae leads, bringing together young producers and musicians, reggae stars, and even artists outside the genre who have been influenced by Jamaican music, like Citizen Cope, blues musician/musicologist Corey Harris, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz and Kelly Clarkson.

The label manages its in-house musical collective/touring band The Easy Star All-Stars, who have played in over 30 countries on 6 continents. Dub Side of the Moon, Radiodread, Lonely Hearts and Thrillah have formed the backbone of a growing franchise of reggae re-inventions of classic albums; the band is at work on the next installment, targeted for 2022.

Easy Star has also developed a strong sense of how to market reggae to both core genre fans and a mass audience, leading to work consulting on marketing for albums such as Gov't Mule's Mighty High. Easy Star's musical director Michael Goldwasser produced albums for Corey Harris and Israeli band Hatikva 6, as well as remixes by Umphrey's McGee, Rebelution, Jason Mraz, Yoko Ono and more, bringing the Easy Star sound further outside the family. And Easy Star has raised its profile as a lifestyle brand with events such as Easy Star Reggae Tuesdays, which was one of the longest-running weekly reggae parties in New York.

Shaney  Mutave born Judy Mutave Mutua is the newest Afro Gospel act in the 
World with her first single '' Kusea''  She was born and raised in Nairobi, with seven other siblings. Shaney is happily married with two kids.  

Before concentrating with her music career, she hustled just like any Kenyan to 
make ends meet, so that she could raise money to fulfill her dream of pursuing her 
Music passion. Her career was built right from high school where she would write 
lyrics and sing, but in 2010 Shaney decided to settle and record her music live.  
Her Afro Gospel genre of music is diverse as it rotates around Kamba, Swahili and English languages. 

Shaney’s vision for her music is that it will reach out to the whole world with the 
purpose of changing their life perspective and sync it with a Christian related walk of 
life. 
Her East African Role models are: Christina Shusho and Jemimah Thiong’o. 
Internationally she is inspired by Pastor Joseph Prince, Pastor Creflo Dollar, Mary 
Mary, Hill Song Choir, Ayo, Asa, Charlotte Dipanda and Richard Bona.  

Her hobbies are performing her music, listening to music, cooking, watching 
movies, traveling, relaxing and having fun with her family. 

Interesting fact about her: She loves watching Formula 1 Her best Drivers are Vettel, 
Alonso and Hamilton. 

Her latest song 'Kusea' from the Kenyan Kamba language means 'Testify'.  
To testify about the Amazing Grace, Love, Peace, Joy, Favor and Health that God 
has showered upon her and her loved ones. 

She hopes that God will shower the same to all her listeners and fans through her 
song. The audio and video of the song was produced and directed by Tedd Josiah 
and S-3 Sand Stone Studio. 

Shaney believes that all things are possible because of the Power of the Holy Spirit 
who dwells inside her and thus the sky is the limit because nothing is impossible 
with Jesus Christ. She can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthen her. 




SUSAN WACHEKE MURRITHI aka Goldez

BORN 30, 05, 1980 KENYAN LIVING 

LIVING IN SWITZERLAND KANTON BERN.

AM A SINGER N SONGWRITER.

I STARTED WRITING MY OWN. MUSIC SINCE 2000 N STARTED SINGING 2013MAY. 
MY FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE WAS AT THE BISTRO OF THE FAMOUS GERMAN SINGER AND THE KING OF MALLORCA JURGEN DREW IN SPAIN N ALSO PERFORMED IN MEGA PARK MEGA ARENA IN MALLORCA. 

I WAS NERVOUS  BUT I WAS HAPPY BEING IN STAGE PERFORMING.
I WRITE SOUL ROCK MUSIC. AM SO MUCH BIG FUN OF MICK JAGGER AND NICKEL BACK . 

DJ, Music business veteran, Biz Skillz Trainer for Africa. 

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