{"id":63482,"date":"2020-10-23T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=63482"},"modified":"2020-10-24T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T08:53:47","slug":"tarrus-riley-healing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tarrus-riley-healing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarrus Riley captures the moment with latest album Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not just singing, there\u2019s a reason why we\u2019re making music\u201d<\/em>, says Tarrus Riley speaking about his most recent release, <em>Healing<\/em>, which came out August 28th of this year. The 12 track LP is Riley\u2019s first full length project since his rocksteady revival <em>Love Situation <\/em>in 2014 and, more importantly, his only album written and recorded entirely during the quarantine and COVID-19 pandemic. With <em>Healing<\/em>, Riley addresses with an artist\u2019s urgency the turbulence and emotion of the times. <em>\u201cI have a positive message and I want to spread it internationally, because it\u2019s not for one kind of people it\u2019s for all people\u201d<\/em> says Riley. That he does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAlbums should have concepts,<\/em> Tarrus affirms, <em>all the great albums are like that Life After Death, Ready to Die, Back to Black by Amy Winehouse. When I listen to Snoop, I never been to LA but I can just live in LA through his music. I would know what to wear, I would know everything\u2026 Healing is like that. When you listen to Healing you\u2019re supposed to be like, \u2018Yo, at that time, this is where I been'&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Tarrus Riley - Lighter (Official Video) ft. Shenseea, Rvssian\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3Pavo7eCmI?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Tarrus Riley &#8211; Lighter ft. Shenseea, Rvssian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The track list speaks for itself; &#8220;The Great Equalizer&#8221;, &#8220;Healing&#8221;, &#8220;Poor Immigrants&#8221;, each cut is a window into the troubles of living in a locked down world personally and collectively. On the titular track \u201cHealing\u201d Tarrus opens with the lyrics, \u201c<em>Staring at these walls, wrestling with my thoughts. Is Jah still with me<\/em>?\u201d. <em>\u201cThose are the realest lyrics I ever wrote<\/em>, he says, <em>those words are so real it\u2019s surreal. I was actually in my bedroom staring at the walls, thinking \u2018what is going on?&#8217;\u201d<\/em>. &#8220;Healing&#8221;<em> <\/em>is a question about what the new world will bring. Who are we without &#8220;<em>a simple hug<\/em>&#8220;? However, Tarrus is sure of one thing; <em>\u201cLove is the vaccination\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With &#8220;The Great Equalizer&#8221;, Tarrus takes a stock of the world. Speaking on its conception Tarrus recounts, <em>\u201cShane called me one morning\u201d<\/em> aka Shane Brown, Jamaican studio wizard, sax-man, longtime friend, collaborator, and producer of &#8220;Healing&#8221;, <em> \u201cand he was like, \u2018I have an idea for a song, \u2018Great Equalizer\u2019\u2019 and I said, wow.\u201d<\/em> Here the duo manages to find the common humanity in the tragedy that is COVID. <em>\u201cRich people get sick poor people get sick, Carribean people get sick, English people get sick,<\/em> Tarrus says, <em>in great tribulation we are all equal.\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s a hard fact to swallow, but the silky guitar and Taruss&#8217; rich vocals bring the message with a groove and clarity that drips with optimism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d185d1f6-tarrus-riley-by-sameel-johnson.jpg 3688w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>\u00a9 Sameel Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Other tracks, including &#8220;Poor Immigrants&#8221;, is a nod to both the past and present. Tarrus\u2019 father, Jimmy Riley, who passed away in 2016, is a Jamaican music legend boasting an impressive discography with groups like The Sensations, Uniques and as a solo artist. <em>\u201cPoor Immigrants is my Dad\u2019s song,<\/em> Tarrus confirms, <em>when I heard about the pandemic, I saw they were gonna stop people from getting their citizenship. Could you imagine your whole life, you\u2019re trying to migrate, make a better life, and then what do you do? So I remembered my Dad singing about poor immigrants and I know that we all are immigrants from somewhere. That\u2019s what I love about the world, the diversity of people. That\u2019s what makes the world beautiful.\u201d<\/em> For Tarrus, the song hits home on multiple levels. <em>\u201cYou don\u2019t need a visa for the sun to shine on you. The Sun shines on everyone. The rain falls on everyone, not just on those who have documents and citizenship, <\/em>he says<em>, in a time like this, people are what we need.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family Tree also makes appeals to our common humanity and the need to cherish people through respect and kindness. <em>\u201cLet me show you how we\u2019re so connected,<\/em> Tarrus breaks down, <em>there\u2019s a disease on one side of the world, and now the whole world is infected. What does that show you? It looks like we\u2019re more connected than we think we are! COVID didn\u2019t start in Jamaica, but Jamaica had to change its lifestyle. We\u2019re not as different as you think because one little virus come around, and everybody life change.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The track, and the album, have a constant thread of unity, &#8220;<em>we\u2019re all people and this is our world,<\/em> Tarrus concludes, <em>stay humble, you can\u2019t stop the Sun from shining<\/em>&#8220;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, <em>Healing <\/em>is an answer to today\u2019s troubles, and the message is one of peace, love and positivity, dipped in the soulful vibes of reggae and dancehall. The project hosts some of today\u2019s biggest dancehall stars including, Konshens, Dexta Daps, Teejay as well as Shenseea and Rvssian featured on \u201cLighter\u201d whose music video is <em>\u201ca big deal everywhere\u201d <\/em>in Tarrus\u2019 words; accumulating over 18 million streams on YouTube to date and a reaffirmation of the power of positive music in the darkest of moments. As Shenseea says in the hit single, <em>\u201cwhen the bright light starts to fade, fire up your lighter\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarrus closes the interview with a heartwarming sense of gratitude and humility, <em>\u201cThe world is crazy right now. Just to even consider me, I gotta say thanks. I never take it for granted. I love what I\u2019m doing<\/em>, he says, <em>let\u2019s try and protect each other and we\u2019ll be good. I\u2019m not just singing, there\u2019s a reason why we\u2019re making music\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Tarrus Riley in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d6a9dcda-tarrus-riley-healing-cover-art.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healing, Jamaican reggae legend Tarrus Riley\u2019s latest LP, is an answer to the turbulent times, finding solace in humanity and music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":63483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9373,7835],"tags":[10647,16525],"location":[8082],"yst_prominent_words":[26321,26315,26311,26308,8933,26317,26316,26312,8402,8435,26310,26318,26313,26309,26322,8857,8543,26320,26319,26314],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63482"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=63482"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=63482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}