Juliana is back with ‘Kanyimbe’
JULIANA Kanyomozi is back and with a bang, though not through your mainstream genre.
By Jude Katende
JULIANA Kanyomozi is back and with a bang, though not through your mainstream genre.
Kanyomozi chose her long-awaited comeback to be inspirational and thus went gospel, a genre almost every other Ugandan artiste, upcoming and established, has lately sampled, including those thought to be hardcore raggamuffins.
Kanyimbe (Let me sing/praise him), her latest single, is taken off the singer’s long-awaited follow-up album to Nabikoowa. The song was released early last week to FM stations and is receiving good airplay.
Although it might not be fair to compare it to Judith Babirye’s monster hit, Beera Nange, Kanyomozi’s Kanyimbe is very much in the same mould and is likely to cause a similar stir on the airwaves and beyond.
Kanyomozi has enlisted the services of PAM Awards 2006 Songwriter of the Year, Sylver Kyagulanyi and Steve Jean as writer and producer of Kanyimbe, respectively.
The song, a cleverly penned inspirational ballad typical of Kyagulanyi, is about trials and tribulations of life.
While performing the song at Kampala Serena Hotel last Saturday during a fundraising dinner hosting Manchester United ace, Rio Ferdinand and dad Julian Ferdinand, Juliana said it told her real life story.
In the song, Kanyomozi thanks God for lifting her from the doldrums where others are still held. She asks God to steer her enemies away and calls on Him to see her through life and help her utilise her talent with humility.
The song has an impressive vocal arrangement. The back-ups on the chorus are characteristic of hymns from church choirs, thanks to the good production and inspiring lyrics that make this R&B-flavoured song the soft, tender and lovely tune it is.
The song’s ending is especially soothing and mellow and is reminiscent of Kanyomozi’s idol, Mariah Carey and gospel songstress Nicole Mullen’s When I Call on Jesus.
The growth and maturity in voice andcharacter of the singer shows how her two-year music hiatus has paid off.
No doubt Kanyomozi’s move to take a break was worth it. It is pointless releasing music frequently without considering its shelf life.
If this new album is anything like Nabikoowa, we should expect better songs than Kanyimbe when the entire album is finally released.
JULIANA Kanyomozi is back and with a bang, though not through your mainstream genre.
Kanyomozi chose her long-awaited comeback to be inspirational and thus went gospel, a genre almost every other Ugandan artiste, upcoming and established, has lately sampled, including those thought to be hardcore raggamuffins.
Kanyimbe (Let me sing/praise him), her latest single, is taken off the singer’s long-awaited follow-up album to Nabikoowa. The song was released early last week to FM stations and is receiving good airplay.
Although it might not be fair to compare it to Judith Babirye’s monster hit, Beera Nange, Kanyomozi’s Kanyimbe is very much in the same mould and is likely to cause a similar stir on the airwaves and beyond.
Kanyomozi has enlisted the services of PAM Awards 2006 Songwriter of the Year, Sylver Kyagulanyi and Steve Jean as writer and producer of Kanyimbe, respectively.
The song, a cleverly penned inspirational ballad typical of Kyagulanyi, is about trials and tribulations of life.
While performing the song at Kampala Serena Hotel last Saturday during a fundraising dinner hosting Manchester United ace, Rio Ferdinand and dad Julian Ferdinand, Juliana said it told her real life story.
In the song, Kanyomozi thanks God for lifting her from the doldrums where others are still held. She asks God to steer her enemies away and calls on Him to see her through life and help her utilise her talent with humility.
The song has an impressive vocal arrangement. The back-ups on the chorus are characteristic of hymns from church choirs, thanks to the good production and inspiring lyrics that make this R&B-flavoured song the soft, tender and lovely tune it is.
The song’s ending is especially soothing and mellow and is reminiscent of Kanyomozi’s idol, Mariah Carey and gospel songstress Nicole Mullen’s When I Call on Jesus.
The growth and maturity in voice andcharacter of the singer shows how her two-year music hiatus has paid off.
No doubt Kanyomozi’s move to take a break was worth it. It is pointless releasing music frequently without considering its shelf life.
If this new album is anything like Nabikoowa, we should expect better songs than Kanyimbe when the entire album is finally released.