Tarrus Riley Strips It Back and Delivers: "Love Salute"
Tarrus Riley delivers a soul-stirring live acoustic performance of "Love Salute" for the Singy SongBook series — an intimate session that strips the music down to its purest form.
Some songs are built for the stage. Others are built for the soul. Tarrus Riley's "Love Salute" is both, and a new live acoustic performance captured for the Singy SongBook series proves exactly that.
The Singy SongBook series exists for a specific purpose: to pull back the curtain on reggae music and let the artistry breathe without the polish of a studio. No smoke machines, no backing tracks, no distractions. Just vocals, live instrumentation, and the kind of raw musical honesty that reminds you why this music matters in the first place.
For this session, Tarrus Riley, affectionately known as "Singy Singy", enters that space and delivers "Love Salute" with exactly the feeling and purpose the song deserves.
A performance is only as powerful as the musicians holding it together, and Tarrus had the right hands on the keys. Jordan "JMajorScale" Williams and Kemoy "RiCHFiNGER$" Allen, both members of his Blak Soil Band, create a rich, organic backdrop that gives Tarrus' vocals the room to move, swell, and land. Together, they don't just accompany; they elevate.
The session was directed and shot by Jesse James, whose lens keeps the focus exactly where it belongs, on the music and the moment. Production came from Kareem Remus Burrell for XTM.Nation, ensuring the integrity of the performance was preserved from conception to screen.
Live reggae performance is a tradition, a craft, and a responsibility. The Singy SongBook series understands that bringing Tarrus Riley into this format delivers a session that honours the message, the culture, and the musicianship all at once.
"Love Salute" was always a song about more than romance. Performed like this, it becomes something even greater: a reminder that when great artists return to the fundamentals, the music never loses, it only gains.
