Page 38 - MyFaith Mag April 2017

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AN EXCEPTIONAL ALBUM
THULI MSOMI – AWESOME SAVIOR
Most Gospel records are pretty much typical and predict-
able ,but I have got to admit Thuli Msomi on her album
,caught me slightly off guard and intrigued me quite a bit
with the diversity of the instrumentals and vocal variations
that are interesting in vocal terms.
‘Awesome Savior’ is a good Gospel album in terms of deal-
ing with different types people and interests ,I mean I listen
to different types of music ,there a lot of genres out there
,to incorporate multiple music genres into an album is ex-
ceptional.
Gospel is growing in its own sense since its always been
hold back from growth due to religion. The church is very
skeptical and judgmental when it comes to different types
of music being incorporated with Jesus it causes havoc
and can get you thrown out of ‘salvation’ in terms of Christi-
anity ,so it’s beautiful to see growth in the Kingdom musical-
ly. Thuli Msomi has Opera ,Rn’b ,Traditional ,Afro Jazz ,Sam-
ba instrumentals and sings accordingly to them though I
was slightly disappointed in the harmonics that there are
no choir backings rather than the typical back up vocalists
,but some songs needed the old school choir feel to them.
‘Awesome Savior’ starts off with the song ‘My Heart’ which
confused and kind of tricked me in to thinking ‘Awesome
Savior’ is another typical Gospel album ,but I have got to
give credit to the diversity in the album in the songs ,slight
typical things that take place but it’s not a train smash ,ma-
jority of the album is good to listen to ,not the type of album
to make your favorite but one that deserves recognition for
its creativity but lacks a theme ,I always disagree with al-
bums that just have songs but not telling a story about hav-
ing a start and a finish.
For someone like Thuli Msomi who was born and raised in
Kwa-Thema,Springs and also lived in Duduza, Nigel she
went and did competitions ,while she sang in local choirs
and singing in her church ,she is doing amazing things mu-
sically considering her background I mean she has a first
album titled ‘His Grace’ though I have not heard I am pretty
sure it’s nothing close to this ,diversity in music is not easy
to achieve so the fact she achieved this much with this is
incredible and quite comforting for future endeavors.
I do not know much about Thuli Msomi but from the back-
ground check I did on her she is something to recognize
and her team are people to applaud cause they too are
talented people to not be mainstream and still continue to
back up someone else take character. The fact this album
has no particular theme ,the diversity of the music distracts
you from criticizing it in that term but I still think to better the
album she could have had a theme. Nathi Msomi plays a
big role in this album as the overall seer of the project as the
Producer he did well for Thuli Msomi.
As a lover of music this album left an impression ,such
songs as ‘My Heart’ ,’I’m healed’ , ‘Majesty’ ,she definitely is
a good writer a simple lyricist but good none the less. Songs
like ‘Jesu Wamakatsa’ ,’Ngiyakholwa’ and ‘Hallelujah’ don’t
really interest me but I know people that prefer such songs
so again she didn’t do bad.
Compared to her genre she is definitely going the right
path and if she does more research on it ,I think she can
climb up to the top 10 in this country with the right backing.
Overall I give the CD 6 out of 10 because there is no song
that is for radio ,no single at all ,I mean there is none that
you would wanna see a video for ,so for that part and lack
of a theme ,but it gives her something to look forward to
next and grow from this ,but it is a good CD musically.