We take our name seriously. East is the direction of the rising sun — the place of beginning, awakening, and becoming. Broad means spacious, inclusive, wide enough for many voices and many forms. And Record comes from the Latin recordari — to “return to the heart.” To record is to remember, to make something that remains.
So we work in sound, in color, and in language — with musicians, painters, writers, and filmmakers. We are building a home where artists can begin, develop, experiment, and make work that is rooted in their own voice and experience. A place where the art is allowed to live, breathe, and take its time.
Our mission is simple.
Make art no matter what — and support those who do.
Join us for the Long Beach Queer Artfest (Nov 14-16), a city-wide celebration of queer creativity! Discover featured works by Sam Hopwood, Whit Whitley and S.M. Shifflett at The Vault Warehouse in Long Beach. Free, inclusive and full of heart.
In collaboration with Compound, a cultural hub in Long Beach where art, wellness, and community come together, Whit Whitley and Sam Hopwood are hosting a free 2-hour creative workshop on Sunday, August 9, 2025, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.
I met musician and friend Raymond Woods in 2021 while walking my dog Gigi around our new neighborhood in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia along none other than E. Broad St. (the namesake of my record label). He was sitting on his front porch listening to music and reading as you often do in Savannah. We struck up a conversation, something that also happens quite often. He told me about his most recent album Friendly Ghosts, and I told him about East Broad Records, the record label I had just started. We became fast friends and had a lot of fun together. Then, I moved to New York, and he moved back home to Pennsylvania. We've kept in touch but haven't seen each other in years. What I love about Raymond is that he's a dreamer, an artist, a musician, a poet, and a lover of life. That's why
