Chryso Ndasingwa released his debut Extended Play, ‘Wakinguye Ijuru’ and so he alerted the gospel music lovers of more coming song projects.

Ndasingwa is a Christian in the New Life Bible Church and a music teacher in Africa New Life Ministries. His real name is Jean Chrysostome Ndasingwa, a musician who plays guitar as he sings along.

‘Wakinguye Ijuru’ is a five-song Extended Play that was released in early 2022. One can get it via different music platforms and the songs on it are; ‘Mu Bwihisho’, ‘Wakinguye Ijuru’, ‘Ndakwihaye’, ‘Byararangiye’ and ‘Niwe’ ft Fidel Niyo.

He said, “My recent debut Extended Play, is available on digital selling platforms. It emphasizes the best that was done on the cross and all about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ alongside what the believer receives as by accepting to be a Christian.”

Some of the challenges and strengths that he faced in this music industry. “Since I started, I have faced so many challenges like discouragements and those who always tell me that I went the wrong way. However, there are some who supported me and were disappointed that I waited too long to start. Those and the fans who love what we do and relate to the message that we give in our songs, are our support systems and because of them we can’t stop doing this,” said Ndasingwa.

When asked about the changes he ought to bring if he can he said, “There are some changes that I want and I wish to be the one who brings them. I would strengthen the bond between the gospel singers into supporting each other and urge them to study music and playing instruments such that they can at least do 40% of their music projects.”

He shared some of the songs which are helping him spiritually; ‘Warakoze’ by Prosper Nkomezi, ‘Icyambu’ by Israel Mbonyi, and ‘Niho Ndi’ By James & Daniella.

After this EP, Ndasingwa is planning to do media tours and visit various churches as well as another EP if God wishes. He confirms that the Rwandan Gospel industry is elevating with new talents and the media is so supportive.

Nigerian Gospel Music Minister, Judith Kanayo popularly known as Judikay renders forth a brand new single titled “Elohim” under the umbrella of Eezee Concept, A home for Nigerian foremost gospel music artistes such as Mercy Chinwo, GUC, Chidinma and others.

As a follow-up to her previously published song “Daddy You Too Much,” “Elohim” is a spirit-filled song that maintains your spirit in sync with God.

Catholics All-Stars worked with Aline Gahongayire one of the very big talents in the gospel music industry and they remixed ‘Byose Bihira Abakunda Imana’ which was initially sung by a Nun, Febronie Kamana.

Kamana shared with Inyarwanda.com that she wrote this song after having several conversations with people and finding out that everyone has some problems and battles to fight in life. She said that the saints have lived the same life with battles, but still they made it out and become the saints. From such, she decided to write that all is well to people who love and trust in God.

When asked what she think about Aline Gahongayire and the Catholic All-Star doing the remix of her song she replied, “It is so nice since we are all serving the same God and as it appears in the word of God, there is no discrimination. We all have to spread the good gospel that all is well to those who love and trust in God.”

As it is shown in the local media houses that Aline Gahongayire managed to talk to, she revealed how this is not only an honor but also a blessing to be featured in expanding the work of God and spreading the gospel to as many people as possible as well as worshiping the Almighty.

To some people who commented that Aline Gahongayire is parting ways from her church she said, “I am not discouraged by those bullying. We are all serving the same God and praising not satan. Joining the gifts we were given for free in worshiping our God is such an amazing collaboration ever. I call upon you all to sing with us that ‘All is well to those who love and trust in God’ instead.”

She added that she is always available to whoever wants these kinds of features. Since she is doing as she was trained to do; ‘To serve God in both truth and spirit’.

The founder of Catholic All-Stars, Emmy Pro shared how he found a big gap in gospel music, especially catholic songs and so he decided to bring innovation via modern instruments. Therefore he formed ‘Catholic All-Stars’ in which individuals and singers from different choirs come together to do some remixes or create songs that praise and worship God.

Collaborating with Aline Gahongayire came after ‘Niyeguriye Nyagasani’ in which they collaborated with Man Martin. All these will be followed by several others since they are also aiming at creating a strong bond between the gospel singers as long as they are Christians, regardless of the churches they might be from.

A worshiper, DIANA KAMUGISHA released a song dubbed ‘Yahweh’ which calls everyone to praise and thank God by using the musical instruments and singing for him all the thanksgiving. She also revealed the secret that helps her to stay real as ‘Diana’ which is to praise and worship the Lord.

‘Yahweh’ came after another song that has been there for a month, from which she got inspiration in Psalm 91. Both songs have something in common, that is ‘Word of wisdom from Psalm’.

In the first verse of ‘Yahweh’ which is in Psalm 33, Diana sings, “There is no king who get to be saved by the big number of his soldiers, heroes are never saved by their power. A horse has no use when it comes to saving someone, God’s eyes are set on those who respect him.”

In an exclusive interview with Inyarwanda.com, Diama Kamugisha shared that her new song has a message to tell people that they don’t have to fight for themselves in whatever they go through, instead they should leave it for God since his eyes are on those who respect him. “This song is bases on this first verse. Because, God fight all our battles. It is not our energy, wealth and belongings as well as the people in our connections that keep us alive, it is the eyes of Almighty set to those who respect him,”said Kamugisha.

She revealed that her life secret which always helps her to stay real until now is to praise and worship God. She urges everyone to trust and confide in God, praise and worship Him with they whole life since that hold the secret, “My power as Diana are from praising and worship the Almighty God. I call up on you all people of God to learn the secret in worshiping God since that is where the real wealth is.”

One of the most loved gospel artists from Tanzania, Rose Muhando confirmed that she will perform in Rwanda on March 6, 2022, to grace the ‘Praise & Worship Live Concert’ at Rebero Canal Olympia complex.

Rose Muhando confirmed this with a post on her Instagram post where she said, “Dear Rwandans, get ready on 6th March. There at Kigali, in a very big event of Rwanda Gospel Stars Live. Don’t miss it!!!!!!”

As we learned from her social media platform and from the inside sources as well as media houses, this concert is being organized by Matts Rwanda services in partnership with Rwanda Gospel Music Union in away to celebrate the very first award-giving gala event to recognize the gospel artists who created some differences, dubbed ‘Rwanda Gospel Stars Live’. 

As per Aimable Nzizera who is among the ones the idea came from, Rose Muhando is expected to deliver entertainment to the people who love the gospel. An aspect that the audience might have been missing a lot as well as some live concerts since there was the Covid-19 pandemic. As he told The New Times.

Rose Muhando who lastly performed in Rwanda in 2013 will be in Kigali two days prior to the event. She is expected to share the stage with the renowned gospel local artists; Aline Gahongayire, Tonzi,  Israel Mbonyi, Theo Bosebabireba, Gaby Kamanzi, James and Daniella just to mention a few.

Muhando has some hit songs like ‘Nibebe’, ‘Mteule Uwe Macho’, ‘Kitimutimu’, ‘Jipange Sawasawa’, ‘Nyota ya Ajabu’, ‘Utamu wa Yesu’, ‘Nampenda Yesu’ and some more.

Rwanda Gospel Stars Live was launched last year but had to be postponed due to covid-19 pandemic. It is expected to be a yearly event and this year 15 gospel artists are in it to showcase their respective projects. The top three winners who will be selected by the judges who got assigned recently will be rewarded accordingly.

A Gospel artist, Tumaini Byinshi who is planning ‘Ikimenyetso Tour’ in the USA released a song entitled ‘Ntajya Asobwa’ in which he featured with some big and loved names in the praise and worship industry.

‘Ntajya Asobwa’ by Tumaini Byinshi featuring Nice Ndatabaye, Bigizi Gentil, Gikundiro and other is a 6.4 minutes song which is an audio-visual piece. The video is a Live kind one. In regards to this, Tumaini revealed that it was produced in Des Moines in IOWA under DayStar Studio.

A line picked from the song is where Tumaini says that God mixes up things or gets confused. Because whatever He said to do, he will do it. And the counterparts anchor saying “I was given the power. I am powerful.”

As we learnt from Inyarwanda, Tumaini revealed that he is planning concerts where he will do a tour in America. When asked why he said “When I started music, I wanted to share what was in me but I had no long term plan in the music industry since I had some other personal projects. The more I release songs, the more people love my messages and so I started to get some invitations for concerts and in various churches until now I haven’t managed to attend them all. I was welcomed with love wherever I managed to attend and to my utter amazement, they knew all my songs. Based on all those various requests, I decide to do vast concerts where people can come to attend them. I prayed hard for it and so my heart urges me to do something big. With the management team that helps me to plan, we agreed on doing ‘IKIMENYETSO TOUR’ in different states in America.”

He added that at debut, he will perform in two cities located in Arizona State as of February. “By February 26, I am performing in Tucson and the following day, February 27 I will be in Phoenix. I will be with worshippers like; Bienven Kayira, Nice Ndatabaye and Gentil Bigizi and an amazing band. The next step will be communicated later.”

‘Abafite Ikimenyetso’ by Tumaini Byinshi is a hit song. Some people confuse him with Israel Mbonyi due to their writing style and the singing style which somehow seems alike. Some of his other songs are: 'Nafashe umwanzuro', 'Intsinzi', 'Tuza waremewe', 'Aracyakora' featuring Gentil Misigaro. The list is long, this is to mention a few.

As we are coming across the final of the first edition of Rwanda Gospel Stars Live, the organizers announced five judges of the event and the criteria they will base on to define the winners.

The event organizers held a meeting on February 19, 2022, with gospel singers. It was all about giving them details about how far the competition is and alerting them about the day of giving awards to the deserving winners.

The media learned that the artists got full information and they are aware that the winner will get a grand prize of Rwf 7,000,000 and the first-runner-up will get Rwf 2,000,000 while the second runner-up will receive Rwf 1,000,000.

“The competition is happening for the very first time, and we found it crucial to have some judges who will be helping in deciding the winners based on the available criteria,” said Aimable Ndizera from Rwanda Gospel Stars Live.

The jury has five people in it who are Aime Uwimana, Simon Kabera, Pamella Mudakikwa, Gideon Mupende Ndayishimiye, and Josue Shimwa.

Every artist is urged to write a profile and submit it. That will be checked by the jury prior to the event. Aime Uwimana advised his fellow artists “Rwanda Gospel Stars Live is not really a competition as mentioned. It is a way of supporting gospel artists and enables the gathering, hence delivering some special messages.”

Some of the activities that have been prepared in relation to this event include a trip that was organized with an aim to promote local tourism and the contestants will visit Nyungwe National Park via Canopy Walk on February 26, 2022, and whoever wants to go with the artists/worshipers will pay Rwf 45,000 that covers transportation, lunch, Covid test, and others as mentioned on the flyer.

As per the public opening ceremony of Rwanda Gospel Stars Live, some of the worshipers in this are Serge Iyamuremye, Israel Mbonyi, Aline Gahongayire, Uwitonze Clementine (Tonzi), Gaby Kamanzi, Rata Jah Naychah, James & Daniella, Gisubizo Ministries, MD the Rapper, Gisele Precious, True Promises Ministries, Aimee Frank Nitezeho, Annette Murava, and Theo Bosebabireba.

Not only will the gospel singers receive awards, but also some pastors and bishops. The top three in the country who have played a huge role in the healing process and supported the worshipers in any way to get to their full potential. All the winners will be announced in the final event that will be blessed by Rose Muhando’s performance.

An Australian-based Rwandan Gospel Artist, Charles Kagame shared a brand new song ‘Umuzingo’ in which he reminds people to never forget what God has done for them.

He starts by showcasing that ‘Muzingo’ is a book that contains all the past memories of the best God has done to people but later they turn their back and stop serving him.

Kagame is the mind behind songs like ‘Amakuru’ that has taken gospel music by the storms where more than 550k people have watched it on YouTube.

When asked what inspired him to do ‘Umuzingo’ as it appears on Inyarwanda, he said that ‘The idea came to him when he was thinking about the way people show off and blag about their wealth and high profile people with the respect they possess instead of praising the Lord, Jesus Christ. 

He added “This song contains some message of calling all the people around the world to only blag about having known Jesus Christ. Since he is the one who responds to the prayers and changes our lives.”

As a pick in the song, Charles Kagame sings, “Here is the open book (Umuzingo) that I am writing to you. It contains the past history. There is a line that says ‘Remember all the mountains we climbed with sorrow and difficulties…The step of betraying the promise you made with heaven has started even since you forgot when you prayed at. The sun of blessing has shined for you and so instead of praising the provider, you showed off and praised yourself. Blagging about wealth and big names of the earth has nothing to do with those who are struggling in life…”

A journalist and comedian, who goes by the name of Taikun Ndahiro and an Actor and Comedian best known as Umukonyine are some of the characters in ‘Umuzingo’ video. ‘Lifehouse Church’ which is located in Coffs Harbour City-Australia; that is where Charles Kagame goes and so he does the preaching via songs.

Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.