Since you have been reading the Bible, have you ever gotten tired of reading the Bible? The word of God is new every day. “There is nothing that has kept my songs up there if not for the Holy Spirit. Most of your songs stand the test of time. From September to December it always trends. In the 70s, when the year was winding up, if you went to any revival of CAC, you would hear people singing the song. The popular song “Odun lo sopin” will be 43 years old this year. Tell us a bit about the popular Album “Odun lo sopin”. What the holy spirit tells us to sing is what we sing. And it is what the spirit tells us to record that we record. We submit totally to the word of God before we go to the studio at all. But now, I don’t think our gospel musicians these days border on praying or fasting or reading the Bible. Whatever inspiration we have is what we put into releases. Before we record, the difference is we go to the studio, we have to pray and fast and look at our environment. The Bible is a two-edged sword that pierces any soul. All our songs are extracted from the Bible. Before we go to the studio then, we read the Bible, we pray and we fast. There is a great difference between gospel singers of our time and the ones making waves today. What is the major difference between gospel songs of those days and the ones sung today? I don’t know why God wants it so, but it’s God. Below are the excerpts:Īt 82, what has kept you this long as a gospel singer?īeing this vibrant and active at 82 is through the grace of God. In a chat with City People reporter, JAMIU ABUBAKAR, she advised the new generation of gospel artists on how to go about preaching the gospel of Christ through music. She loves to be addressed as sweet sixteen to tell that she is truly young at heart. Many people are marvelled and quest to know how the veteran musician keeps fit at that graceful and what worked for her and her contemporaries in the industry as their music top the chart of evergreen Gospel songs of all time. I would like to use this medium to thank Nigerians, both home and abroad, for extending their love to us by responding positively to the new versions,” she said.At 82, veteran Gospel Singer, Evangelist Deborah Adebola Fasoyin fondly called “Mama Odun nlo sopin” still Dazzles on stage, keeping her audiences on their toes to praise God Almighty. “I can also tell you authoritatively that the song’s acceptance since its release through the number of downloads, streaming, likes and views on all our social media platforms and designated music stores has been very great. People have been saying things like, ‘This is long overdue’, ‘God bless you for extending the blessing in the song to other tribes’, ‘Now, Odun Nlo Sopin will remain forever’ and ‘This song will unite Nigeria like never before’. “The responses we have got have been awesome, especially from the Hausa and Igbo communities in Nigeria and in the Diaspora. ![]() The audio and lyrics video of the song have been released, while the music video will be out soon.”įasoyin, who turned 80 earlier in the year, noted that the new versions of the song have been well received. That was the reason Berachah Music put together Odun Nlo Sopin ‘ Wazobia version’ to extend the blessings to all by translating it into the other two major languages in Nigeria― Hausa and Igbo. Although people of other tribes listen to the song and ‘flow’ with it, that was not enough to make them have a deeper encounter with the power in the song because they did not fully understand the language. However, it should not have been limited to the Yoruba tribe. She told Sunday Scoop, “For over 40 years, Odun Nlo Sopin has been a song with divine supernatural covering, mostly sang in the Yoruba-speaking part of the country when the year is running to an end. ![]() The leader of the respected Christ Apostolic Church’s Good Women Choir, Ibadan, Deborah Fasoyin, has said she decided to make Igbo and Hausa versions of their iconic song, Odun Nlo Sopin, because it should not be limited to Yoruba language alone.
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