#MusicReview: ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Cover by Johnny Drille
#NewbieZone #MusicReview: ‘Revival’ by Tori Harper
#MusicReview: ‘Capable God’ by Judikay
#MusicReview: ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Cover by Johnny Drille
Drille sorta has a natural country drawl in his vocals, which is perfect for his ‘I Can Only Imagine’ cover. At the chorus, the quartet comes in richer, adding more colour and emotion to the piece. Johnny takes the chorus to the descant immediately, without…
#NewbieZone #MusicReview: ‘Revival’ by Tori Harper
Tori Harper starts the verse on her own and then does a response. I love how the back ups sing the bright and happy refrain and vamp along with Tori with so much energy of camaraderie. This reminds me of Hillsong jams…
#MusicReview: ‘Capable God’ by Judikay
Judikay’s lyrical style exhibits her exquisite Nigerianness in the line ‘It can never ever exist o’ and how she lists characters from the bible, making the song more colourful. Her harmonies are incredibly happy and bright. Her vocal style reminds me of Jekayln Carr and Mercy Chinwo a bit with rich highs and lows, but she is slightly…
#MusicReview: ‘Elijah Rock’ Cover by Bunmi Adeyeye
Bunmi’s alto range is simply a breath of fresh air on this bluesy piece. Her cover of Elijah Rock is slower paced to Mahalia’s tap dancey one. The cover starts with notes from the organ and beats from the drums. Her tone is all round rich…
#MusicReview: ‘We Raise A Sound’ by Nosa, featuring 121 Selah
‘Now unto the Lamb upon the throne, we raise a sound’, reminds me of the melody of Westlife’s ‘Fool Again’… Nosa adlibs characteristically, with cool Nigerianness.
#MusicReview: ‘Olorun Agbaye’ by Nathaniel Bassey featuring Chandler Moore and Oba
There is something always thorough about Nathaniel Bassey’s pieces; always careful that every musical phrase and pause passes on a message. There is also something incredibly full about this song, ‘Olorun Agbaye’.
This ballad starts with noise from rattles, piano chords, wine pouring from a bottle, adlibs from Chandler Moore, and Nath, who takes over with ta’s, underneath…c
#Throwback: ‘We’re Blessed’ by Fred Hammond
This live jam on E flat with 90s rnb is so popping. Fred Hammond rap sings like the pro that he is. There are so many notes where he growls, adding pizzaz to the piece. The back ups/choir sing with equal zeal, literally infusing motivation into the listener. The drums and some of the notes from the lead…
#Throwback: ‘I Feel Good’ by Smokie Norful
Smokie’s vocals are robust and sunny as he growls happily, tackling his panning and backing vocals himself with equal dexterity. This rendition reminds me slightly of Kim Burrell’s ‘Just A Little More Time’, as well as Nene Uko’s ‘Temi Dara’…
#Throwback: ‘What Can I do For You’ by Helen Baylor
Baylor’s vocals are strong, robust and delicious, accompanied by crisp and soothing back ups. The instrumental, which is a mixer of synthesizers, the lead and bass guitars, as well as drums is so yummy, I could almost taste Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’. Enjoying this song is like eating strong meat with the greats…
#Prophetiquette, The Series Episode 13: How to Receive Your Healing by Discernment, Coupled with Faith
What is faith? I intentionally do not want to give a technical definition of faith because I believe faith is so simple, I don’t anybody to think they have to go on an experimental journey to know if they have it or not. Faith is believing what God says or in the very least doing what God says…