MLG MUSIC BLOG

G ospel musician, S ola Allyson in this chat with  Entertainer  opens up on her collabo with singer, Adekunle Gold and her American tour among other interesting issues. Enjoy it. There has been appetite-whetting promotion of a new song you said you were working on with Adekunle Gold. When are you releasing it? Yes. It is in the final stage and would be out anytime from now. What’s the song about and what inspired it? The song (and title) is an adaptation of   Alujanjankijan , one of our ancient folk songs. It is used to help create awareness in our society about creating more time for the children, not exclusively leaving them at the mercy of caregivers, nannies, house helps and so on; not giving up on them even when they seem “bad”, and urging parents to be strong because parenting is not an easy task. As much as we need to work and provide for them, we should try as much as possible not to overlook the need of time and quality informal training whic...

Inspirational and indigenous songstress,  Sola Allyson  took to social media to share a lengthy post on Gospel music. What is Gospel Music?, The  ‘Eji Owuro’  singer asks, as she shared her concerns with a couple rhetorical questions on current trends, performances/ministrations and more. She   wrote ; “ What is gospel music? Is it about how much noise we make when we sing? Is it about making people dance and shout? Would that not be JUST entertainment? And I’m not saying entertainment is wrong o, we need it to “ginger” us . But are we not focusing more on that nowadays in church services and other faith-based events? And as a “gospel” musician, have you not lost your own calling by doing what seems popular and acceptable nowadays? So would you call yourself a gospel singer or a popular (pop) singer? Why are you against Wizkid and Davido and Olamide and saying they’re worldly? Guys who are more sincere and straightforward than you “saved” ones are? At...