East Broad Records began in 2021 in Savannah, Georgia — named after East Broad Street, where I returned to my musical roots after the end of a long relationship and a major life transition. What started as a way to support the writing, recording, and release of my first solo album Love Lost, Love Found quickly evolved into something bigger. The label became a home for collaboration and experimentation — sometimes projects blossomed, sometimes they fell apart before reaching the world, but each one shaped our ethos: make art no matter what, and stand with others doing the same.
In those early years, we helped bring Clara Waidley’s first full-length album Summer 4 Ever into the world, supported Dr. & Master Sha on The Way of All Things, and began releasing the prolific output of Prolificators. The work continued through a move to Brooklyn in 2022, where the label grew into a house for musicians, painters, writers, and cross-disciplinary makers — supporting community as much as creation.
In 2023, East Broad Records relocated to Long Beach, California, where it has a creative home at The Vault. Recent projects include the signing of trip-hop artist t-NUC, the joining of painter and writer Sam Hopwood, a new meditation collaboration with Phil Corin, and a documentary film in progress on artist Trinh Mai’s mural Blessed Be The Peacemakers.
Today, East Broad Records functions as a holistic artist development house — a place where art is allowed to take time, take shape, and take root.
Our mission remains clear:
Make art no matter what — and support those who do.
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.
Thanks for your interest in East Broad Records. You may contact whit@eastbroadrecords.com if you'd like to collaborate, support, and learn more about East Broad Records.