Chicago's Tarrey Torae (Richardson) is not a name I've come across
before but she has been around for quite a while as she released an album
in 2005 as part of duo J. Ivy & Tarrey Torae.
J. Ivy is James Ivy Richardson II, the son of a well known Chicago DJ
with the same name but who went by the name Jim Richards on WVON. J. Ivy
and Tarrey Torae married in Sep 2005 after dating for six years. As
the album is titled "For Better Or Worse", I imagine it was recorded around
the time they married.
It would appear that she has been in heavy demand for background vocals
and as a featured artist as she is a six time Apollo winner and has
appeared on two Grammy winning albums by John Legend ("Get Lifted") and
Kanye West ("The College Drop Out").
She has performed on, and shared, stages with some legendary artists
which reads like a who's who of soul such as Patti LaBelle, Stevie Wonder,
Roy Ayers, Gil Scott-Heron, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Usher, Anthony
Hamilton to name just a few. Not only is she a singer but also a
songwriter and actor in theatre, film and TV.
Her debut solo album "The Sweetest Survivor" was self-released in 2018 with all the songs self-written.
Needless to say, she wrote her latest single "IN TIME" released on 23 Sep 2021. This is real quality, a well written, produced and delivered song.
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artist.
| Rating: | 8.7 |
| Genre/Style: | Neo Soul / Jazz |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Word & Soul |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 23/09/2021 |
| Key/BPM: | 7B/74 |
| Value: | £1 |
2 comments:
Also appears with J Ivy
https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B09F2H8P6X?trackAsin=B09F2XXDQ9&do=play
Hi yes I did see the new J Ivy album which is poetry / rap .. on which she features on a couple of tracks but unfortunately nothing really for soul listeners on it!
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