A new song by Empress Gifty Osei, \u2018Ebibinwom,\u2019 has engendered discourses among music fans and analysts.<\/p>\n
The song, a mass departure from the usual highlife and reggae \u2013 induced gospel songs produced by Ghanaian musicians, is themed on God\u2019s ability to save one from their strife and woes.<\/p>\n
\u2018Ebibinwom\u2019 is a medley of songs originally sung by Spiritual Churches such as Musama Disco Christo Church, The Twelve Apostles Church, The Brotherhood Church, The Methodist Church, among others.<\/p>\n
A typical \u2018ebibinwom\u2019 employs traditional musical instruments like dondo (the hour-glass drum), castanets, atumpan and clappers. However, some singers now add western musical instruments like keyboard, guitars, trumpets and drum kit.<\/p>\n
According to Gifty, she decided to move away from the modern style of music because she believed Gospel music could be performed with traditional Ghanaian rhythms too.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot old rhythms in Ghana that have not been well utilised by us. So I decided to do something different,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Responding to earlier reports that some spiritual churches like Musama and Nankaba churches were not happy she took their songs without their consent, she said the songs do not belong to anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have heard a lot about them. I hear they are angry. But they don\u2019t have to be angry. My grandmother is a prophetess in a spiritual church. My mum and I even used to attend the church. These are very old songs. A lot of churches sing them. No single church owns \u2018ebibinwom\u2019,\u201d she told Citi Showbiz.<\/p>\n
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By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new song by Empress Gifty Osei, \u2018Ebibinwom,\u2019 has engendered discourses among music fans and analysts. The song, a mass departure from the usual highlife and reggae \u2013 induced gospel songs produced by Ghanaian musicians, is themed on God\u2019s ability to save one from their strife and woes. \u2018Ebibinwom\u2019 is a medley of songs originally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":376245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[14808,3,14807],"yoast_head":"\n