Emelia Arthur
To her fans who think her Made-In-Ghana ambassadorial role tends to keep her away too often from singing, here comes Emelia Arthur again with an impressive, inspiring track called ‘Osoro Abue’.
The new song is scheduled for release on February 10. It is seven minutes of Emelia Arthur in her element as she intensely invokes wisdom, health, wealth and blessings from the Almighty because they are things He had long promised to the genuine believer.
Recorded and mixed by Shadrack Yawson at Wavebox Studios, Kwashieman in Accra, the song pulled in some of the best instrumentalists around at the moment who gave it a real big lift.
Musicians for the session were Kuuku Ansong (horns); Dan Grahl (bass); Shadrack Yawson (keyboards); Dominic Quachie (guitar) and Emmanuel Bludo (drums). There’s precise, tasteful playing throughout the piece. Ruth Adjei did backing vocals.
The track opens with mid-tempo horns cushioned by mellow keyboards before Emelia comes in with vocals which are her most powerful rendition yet on a recording.
Since gospel music is largely about what the singer professes with the lyrics, Emelia appears to base her song on three passages from the Bible: Isaiah 54:17, Matthew 16:19 and Zechariah 2:8.
The verses refer to believers overcoming any kind of evil machinations against them because God has given them keys of the kingdom of heaven and whoever touches them touches the apple of His eye.
Emelia Arthur rides on the assurances from those passages to warn negative people to stay away from God’s own and motivates the faithful to keep on the righteous cause and fight the good fight.
The singer hit the limelight in 2014 with her eight-track album titled ‘Kyere Me Kwan.’ It featured Esther Smith and OJ. Her last major outing after that was ‘Too Loaded’ in 2018.
This upcoming release indicates her fans can rest assured that she’s still very much in the business of singing about the gospel of Jesus Christ and even able to do it better now than previously.
By George Clifford Owusu