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Saturday, September 15, 2012

INSIDEPOSTOLA: THE OJAYS – A FORMIDABLE RETURN OF JERUSALEMA ENCHA

It comes as a welcome surprise and delight to see and hear the music of JERUSALEMA E NCHA. The O’JAYS are back and its as if they never left, as we see the old grannies and granddads taking their duly authorized and earned positions in the history of apostolic music; returning the glory of the work done by Ntate Motaung to its rightful place in the history books.

When I hear the voices, the sound and the precision in music, I become overwhelmed with a true sense of musical justice as for over a decade we have been abused by sounds claiming to be Jerusalema E Ncha but now we can marvel at the true sound.

A special thank you to Mme Lucky, Mme Motaung, Mme Helen, Ntate Javas and the rest of The O’Jays for such a delight correction in musical history!

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Friday, September 14, 2012

THECHOIRCHANNEL: INSIDEPOSTOLA™

Greetings!

Perhaps there is no song that truly captured the music of postola in the early days like the song “UYEZA, UJESU” by Barorisi Ba Morena in the late 70’s. The 80’s brought a slew of hits from the legends of apostolic gospel music.n But the late 80's and early 90's was owned by Jerusalema E Ncha, present tough competition for Barorisi.

Barorisi Ba Morena (Gallo) was the first group to find recording success,

followed closely by Jerusalema E Ncha (CCP/EMI) and

eventually Majalefa A Morena (RPM/Gallo).

These are the pioneers of POSTOLA – the music. The first groups to record and find commercial success "ka mmino oa moya, mmino oa baprofeta! Alleluya!

The three legends went on to record some of the most memorable albums under their respective labels. However, it was the late 80’s and early 90’s that the apostolic gospel music really exploded into a splendor of talent and musical master pieces in the form of new and old groups taking a more noticeable stand in the world of POSTOLA®.

Welcome to INSIDEPOSTOLA® on TheChoirChannel with me, John Baloyi. I will be bringing you opinion pieces, interviews with best voices and groups, and biographies/profiles.

Signed: J M Baloyi

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THECHOIRCHANNEL: THE NEW VOICE

We are happy to officially introduce Ntate J M Baloyi as the new voice for TheChoirChannel. He will be responsible for writing regularly for our blog and reviewing both groups and talents for TheChoirChannel.

From today, you will receive well written and exciting opinion pieces, interviews and reviews by John Baloyi. This is brought to you to build an engaged universe with Choir fans across South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe and the world.

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THECHOIRCHANNEL: NEW VIDEOS! FINALLY

We will be presenting new videos from the Top40 Choirs we will working with closely for the content needs of TheChoirChannel. Enjoy this starter by Balatedi Ba Morena titled Seteng Sediba:

THE GOSPEL TRAIN is truly a talent bunch which we hope to bring from BALATEDI BA MORENA!

TheCC Admin

THECHOIRCHANNEL: SCHEDULING SPECIAL HOURS OF PRIMETIME TV

We are excited to announce that trials are now underway to determine programming needs for a primetime lineup of content which will feature original series programming ranging from biographical, drama, and documentaries.

This primetime block will air an hour daily with special content produced for the weekend.

TheCC Admin

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Choir Channel: Attention Conductors

Attention all choir conductors we are now beginning to enlist apostolic choir for the channel. We have three catagories a) choirs with 60+ voices b) choirs with 45-55 voices c)choirs with 30-35 voices.

You can send an email via facebook inbox or thechoirchannel @ gmail.com with the following information: tel or cell numbers, postal and physical address, email, website (if any) and your category as defined above. We will contact you with details and be patient with us. Please also tell us how long you have been singing, how many lead singers you and their voice descriptions, where you are based, how regular you perform and if you have a cd or dvd, or not.

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

TheCC: Jerusalema E Ncha “Super-HIT”

Review by John Angelo Baloyi

Requested by TheChoirChannel

From Jerusalema E Ncha’s 2010 album comes a super hit song titled “Seteng Sediba Samadi” which has all the trademark elements of the “JERUSALEMA” sound. Although the entire album leaves nothing to be admired, it is as thou Mme Lucky Nkagisang wanted you to buy the CD only for this track, which is an AWESOME purchase and a great track to be enjoyed years from 2010.

I would have spent R300.00 or more on this track alone, that’s how cool it is. Everyone who has listened to my copy has asked where they can by the album, which is a true testimony of the excellence of this song.

The track wastes no time at tugging at your heart and musical strings as it gets to the point within 30seconds and by the first minute you are introduced to what poetic praise the song has on offer. Mme Lucky is the voice behind the poetic renditions and you can feel that she went back to the 80’s when they released “Re Boke Ka Pelo” with songs like “Halempotsa” where she gave that brilliant poetic praise and testimony.

At 01:20sec you get to appreciate Mme Lucky’s voice, not only as a lead singer but as a praise poet, when she says “Alleluyaaaaaa…O Morena, Oa Marena….Jesuuuuus!” trust me….Oa I neela ko Jerusalema E Ncha…ka mme antsoetse…hahahaha! I even have that part of the song as a ringtone. LOL.

But what strikes me the most is the calmness of the song and how everything works for the choir’s music. Mme Lucky’s lead voice just keeps on giving until you cant ask anymore. Then when you think you have the song all figured out. She (Mme Lucky) lands a serious vocal affection bomb at 03:48, as your ears hear…. “Tho-tho-thom….. tho-tho-thom”…lol this women is sick (as in awesome). To think that she is now an old lady and she can still be "fierce like this" musically. WOW!

I particularly like her signature musical affectations on this track which reminds me of her old vocal abilities when she was just lead singer and not choir master, producer, composer, etc.

Review By John Baloyi for The Choir Channel.

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TheCC Admin

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

TheChoirChannel: New Videos

Dear Readers

Please note that we have been working very hard to bring you new and exciting videos. You will be informed via our facebook page and through this blog, as soon as the videos are uploaded on our YouTube Channel.

We have also received a lot of requests from choirs to be featured on our channel. Please feel free to get in contact with us at thechoirchannel at gmail.com and we will help get your songs on our channel.

Thank you

TheCC Admin
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Kethabile by Barorisi Ba Morena

Barorisi Ba Morena sings "Kethbile", a hymn which still has a lot more punch than some of the song being recorded and released by choirs. This songs can illustrate the choirs former glory in composition and arrangement.

Ka Letsatsi by Balatedi Ba Morena

Balatedi Ba Morena has influenced a new trend in acapela gospel compositions, with their unique yet inspiration arrangements and composition style. In this song they sing an old favorite amongst gospel music lovers, "Ka Letsatsi Le Lengwe", but they have given it a sweet touch of personality..

Calvary by Rapellang Jerusalema

Rapelleng Jerusalema, a group from Soweto in Johannesburg South Africa sings their rendition of a very popular chorus "Calvary".

The song is performed by Apostle Kotsedi who is also founder of the group. We hope you enjoyed this rendition.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Three Choirs, #3 English Songs

We have selected three English songs from the albums of Balatedi Ba Morena, Jerusalema E Ncha and Balatedi Ba Morena. Tell us which version is your favorite?

This special was inspired by Barorisi Ba Morena's song Glory

Glory was a very successful English hymn from the group Barorisi Ba Morena. However what most people do not know is that, this song is influenced largely by Jimmy Swaggart who also influenced a lot of Jacob Tlou (composer and founder of Barorisi Ba Morena).

We just like how the choir was ahead of its time musically. Listen carefully to the melody and how the choir goes up and down during the "Ahh" just before "Glory". Kinder cool. Typical of Barorisi, Father and Son, take on the lead vocals and they do not disappoint.

The other songs are from,
Jerusamela ENcha, Daniel

and
Balatedi Ba Morena, We Shall Serve The Lord

Please Note: Gospel Choirs interested in having their music of TheChoirChannel should email thechoirchannel(at)gmail.com, for more information. We always looking for quality choirs to feature on our line-up.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Barorisi Ba Morena & Jerusalema E Ncha

TheCC presents Barorisi Ba Morena's "Mmoloki" & Jerusamela E Ncha's "Jerusalema E Mocha", two of the most popular and mainstream choirs in a Ballad Battle. We have selected only two ballads from each choir. Which is your favorite?