{"id":11312,"date":"2025-09-13T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=11312"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:09:11","slug":"aaron-silk-sings-for-the-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=11312","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Silk Sings for the Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mother\u2019s anguish of losing a child is the theme for <strong><em>\u2018Painful Birth (A Mother\u2019s Cry\u2019)<\/em><\/strong>, the latest song from Aaron Silk. Released on September 8, it is written and produced by Michael Orrett.<\/p>\n<p>According to a release highlighting the poignant track, it is \u201can anthem of grief, resilience and hope.\u201d\u00a0 The song is complemented by a graphic video, filmed in Kingston, Jamaica\u2019s capital. It features Audrey Reid of \u2018Dancehall Queen\u2019 fame as a mother who loses her teenaged son to gunfire shortly after leaving home for an innocent stroll.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based Orrett says \u2018<strong><em>Painful Birth (A Mother\u2019s Cry\u2019)<\/em><\/strong> has a similar tone to a famous reggae song \u2014 \u2018Johnny Was\u2019 by Bob Marley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInspired by the lived realities within our communities, <strong><em>\u2018Painful Birth\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>captures the profound grief of a mother holding on to her child\u2019s shirt, breathing in his scent, and grappling with the unbearable question: \u2018Oh Jah, why dem tek him so young\u2019?,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Silk is the younger brother of Garnet Silk, the celebrated singer who died in December 1994 at age 28. He started his recording career shortly after his sibling\u2019s death in a fire at his mother\u2019s house in rural Manchester parish, central Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Silk has released many singles including <strong><em>\u2018Fighting Brave\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Give it Up\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em>\u2018Bless I Oh Jah\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, his only album, came out in 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother\u2019s anguish of losing a child is the theme for \u2018Painful Birth (A Mother\u2019s Cry\u2019), the latest song from Aaron Silk. Released on September 8, it is written and produced by Michael Orrett. According to a release highlighting the poignant track, it is \u201can anthem of grief, resilience and hope.\u201d\u00a0 The song is complemented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11313,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions\/11313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}