| African Children's Choir / Just As I Am |
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| Album: | Just As I Am | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | African Children's Choir | Added: | 02/2020 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2020-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2020-07-22 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 15 Mar | 8 Mar |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 10, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Yesu, How Great Thou Art | 3. | Mar 04, 2020: | Emergency Crew for Stace Mwema | |
| 2. | Mar 05, 2020: | Galactic Travel Radio What A Friend We Have in Jesus | 4. | Mar 03, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics What A Friend We Have in Jesus |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2020-02-20 | ||
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Started during the civil war in Uganda to help orphaned children, the African Children's Choir is now an established institution there and in Kenya, Rwanda, and South Africa. Amazing, amazing choral arrangements and performances of Christian music by wonderfully talented and well-taught children; all tracks are worth listening to even if you aren't a believer NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 3, 6, 11, 12 1-Yesu –1:44-- unison call and response with beat; lovely energetic intro 2—Niwe Wenka –2:53-- more call and response; some harmony; more elaborate drumming *3--How Great Thou Art –3:43 – well-known hymn in English with African instruments and African beat; lovely part singing; a bit Caribbean sounding 4—O For A Thousand Tongues—2:52-- very cool rhythm underlying traditional hymn 5—Mwema-- 2:25-- some serious drumming with singing in African language **6—What A Friend We Have in Jesus—3:14—more light Caribbean style sound and rhythm grace this traditional hymn; fabulous choral arrangement 7—Just As I Am—3:01-- unison with English lyrics 8—Teli Amufanana—4:20-- call and response with harmony-- break in middle seems to start another song, African language 9—Baba Umetha –1:57-- African language with elaborate drumming 10—Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus –2:43-- a little quieter and more downbeat (compared to the rest); still very peppy **11—In Christ Alone –4:28-- starts with solo and quiet guitar; English lyrics; nice arrangement *12—Great is Thy Faithfulness—3:58—Nice instrumentation; organ, mbira or djembe maybe; kids shout and clap at end 13—Baba Bambulele—2:23-- harmony and serious drumming 14 – Drum Solo—4:49-- heart-stirring beats and some cries; warning: anomalous snippet of another song at the very end of the track | ||
| Track Listing |
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