Maverick Music Artiste Awe Unveils New Egba Christmas Carol Song, to Perform at IFAAC End of the Year Party on Thursday
By: Israel Adeleke
Multi-talented Abeokuta-based broacaster and music maker, popularly known as the "Edumare Don Bless Me" crooner, Olufemi Orunsola who is stage named Awe has unveiled a new Christmas-centric single tagged ECAROL -a short form for Egba Carol.
A statement by the Artiste manager of Awe, Mr. Tunde Adeojo, made available to OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News on Tuesday night states that, "In his usual creative ingenuity, the self-styled afro gospel Artiste has just released a new hit single titled Egba Carol (Meaning Christmas Carol song in the Egba dialect) to add some real time typical local flavours to the celebration of this year's Christmas by his fans in Abeokuta and Egba people spread across the world."
Adeojo noted that "Christmas in Abeokuta and for Egba people just received a new lease of creative flavour as Awe drops his freestyle single version of one of the most melodious Christmas carol songs of all times, the "Long Time Ago in Bethlehem" song in his own typical Egba dialect promoting manner."
"Imagine a Christmas Carol song rendition that combines the far Western style beats, percussions, and melody with the African talking drum sequences", Awe's manager Adeojo said.
It would be recalled that Awe otherwise known as OmobaOrun in the earliest days of his musical career earned himself a global reputation as an Egba Rapper way back in 2009 when he released the single, "Edumare Don Bless Me", a song in which he specifically thrills listeners with his unusual flair for delivering rap flows in Egba dialect.
While that song by Awe, like other evergreen songs focused on topical issues from his stable, has continued to enjoy massive airplay on both local radio and television stations within and beyond Ogun State, the new Christmas song which comes with a feel of some light comedy and Egba rap flows bears testament to the fact that indeed, Awe is a creative Artiste in a class of his own whom the music industry in Nigeria cannot ignore.
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