Andru Branch & Halfway Tree release new single ‘You’re The Best Thing” Friday, June 28, 2024 on all major streaming platforms. Recently nominated for “Group of the Year” at Canada’s inaugural 2024 Reggae North Awards, Andru Branch & Halfway Tree are launching their brand new single.
VIBRANT BALLAD COVER
Featuring James Shaw on saxophone and John Parker on guitar, the new single is a vibrant reggae cover of 80s pop ballad “You’re The Best Thing” by Paul Weller of The Style Council and The Jam.
Get your free download at www.halfwaytree.ca.
CRITICS RAVE
“Andru Branch & Halfway Tree make internationally recognized reggae music of the highest order.”
~ Halifax Jazz Festival
Award-winning Canadian recording artist Andru Branch named his band Halfway Tree after the bustling music district in Kingston, where he has worked with many of Jamaica’s most celebrated musicians. From his Juno- nominated collaboration with members of The Wailers, Branch’s single “Keep On Keepin’ On” was recently named one of Exclaim! Magazine’s “Essential Canadian Reggae Tracks”, alongside Drake and Justin Bieber. Celebrating 30 years of packed dance floors, Andru Branch & Halfway Tree continue to inspire fans around the globe, promoting equal rights and social justice. Currently recording their fifth studio album, their music is gloriously hypnotic and their message is positively uplifting.
“Entrances and inspires…nothing less than stunning.” ~Exclaim! Magazine
“Branch’s music is nothing like the new crossover/hip hop style of reggae. It sounds
more like the Marley inspired tunes all the world has come to know and love.” ~ The Sunday Herald
Kingston, Jamaica “Inspired by reggae pioneers such as Steel Pulse, Branch and his band deliver a timely message of love and unity.” ~ Jamaica Star
“Positive and constructive, harmonic and infectious, it’s the perfect soundtrack for these troubled times.” ~ Roger Steffens, Bob Marley lecturer, author and reggae historian
Contact: info@halfwaytree.ca
Andru Branch
782-414-2708
