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…
‘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.
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
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…
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’…
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…
This is a simple east coast rap piece, and Gamie reminds me of Twista with its semi fast pacedness. It’s quite interestingly lyrical and Gameman as a rapper is quite talented. The beat is simple plus the notes are simple, nice and easy going…
Everytime I get to bridge of ‘Angel Armies’, I always want to sing the bridge of ‘This I believe’. And everytime I sing the chorus of ‘This I believe’, I just want to move into the chorus of ‘Angel Armies’. And when we believe so much in the triune God, what should that make us? I’d say…
This song on F sharp major gives me the Sauti Sol ‘Suzanna’ vibe, plus it reminds me of Senegalese percussion with a bit of high life flavour.
I love the way Xolly Mncwango adlibs; its makes me feel at home. My favourite line is where she sings ‘My covering is in the blood of Jesus’. The bass does a yummy number on this piece
