Solome brings freshness to the gospel music industry

By Gloria Nakajubi

Unlike your traditional concert with the 'star' of the night having to be ushered in by curtain raising artists or even an already exhausted audience, Solome Basuuta gave hers a fresh treat.

From the set up, the lighting, the decoration up to the costumes; it was an act clearly played to introduce a new breed, a new style or let's say a sound of love through a personal story.

'My love story', the concert, finally happened on Friday at the Golf Course Hotel in Kampala and Solome was truly sold out to give it her best from the beginning to the end.

Solome and her band at the My Love Story concert at the Golf Course Hotel on Friday night. PHOTO/Kalungi Kabuye

Her stage performance, vocal power and audience engagement is quite impeccable especially as she managed to pull it off with a crowd that had somewhat failed to own up to the music.

It was her inaugural concert into the world of mainstream gospel music and she had the crowds to welcome her. They cheered, danced along even when it seemed quite plainly that were not sure of the lyrics.

She started off her performance with quite a number of songs from different artists that she actually owned. Songs like 'You are great' from American songstress Juanita Bynum, 'I will sing of your love' by Israel Houghton among others.

The sell out crowd had a good time at Solome's concert at the Golf Course Hotel on Friday night. PHOTO/Kalungi Kabuye

At exactly 8pm, it was time for the audience to experience of Solome's love story as told from her 11 track album with N'zani as the title track. One by one, she sang through her album as an expose of where she has come from and who she finally is.

With a band made up of friends and confidantes as she refers to them, every one seemed to have a personal attachment to the music from the guitar, the drums, the piano and the team that gave her vocal support.

As the tradition in most religious circles, it was time to finally commission the 'new kid' on the block into the rather hard knack of the music industry where you either sail through or forever remaining upcoming.

Together with her parents, Professor and Mrs Mugambi dedicated Solome to the heavenly master for divine guidance and providence as she sets out on the musical journey.

After the dedication, the audience was thrown into a praise marathon as led by Solome and her siblings who proved that music or at least dancing runs not just in Solome but the entire family.

And to further concretize the fact that Solome comes from a singing family, her now elderly mother couldn't help but give the audience an 'acapella' of her favourite hymn to the amazement of the crowd.

Solome is daughter to renowned mathematics Professor Edward Mugambi of Makerere University who is the current President of the Kampala Singers.

Solome's album

N'zani,
Dance,
Instrument,
Disney,
What does a girl do?
Story,
The Song Love
I Love You
Secret Place
Adonai
Met a man