A month of releases: Top tracks for your music list
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Aline Gahongayire and Niyo Bosco at the shoot of the ir song Izindi Mbaraga. / Courtesy photos

MARCH is the month of song releases as a host of local artistes continue to drop songs day after day, since the beginning of the month.

The likes of Tom Close, Buravan, Aline Gahongayire and different gospel rappers such as The Pink are having their songs already leading the top charts across local radio and TV entertainment shows.

Below is the list of songs recently released that you do not want missing in your playlist this month:

Izindi Mbaraga by Aline Gahongayire ft Niyo Bosco

A healing gospel song indeed!

In ‘Izindi Mbaraga’, gospel singer Aline Gahongayire and Niyo Bosco are instilling hope in the hopeless and strength for the weak that there is good future after all… and people are already loving the spiritual message that the song carries. 

Since it was released on March 5, the song has garnered over a thousand comments praising the melody, the message and the vocals of the duo in the song.

In less than a week, ‘Izindi Mbaraga’ a production by producer Santana and Directed by Serge Rugamba, already has over 130 000 view on YouTube.  

So Fine by Tom Close

 While he dedicates most of his time to serving the general public with better healthcare as the Division Manager of Blood Transfusion at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Dr. Thomas Muyombo spares some time in studio to entertain his music supporters.

Tom Close.

The singer, commonly known by his stage name Tom Close, went to Producer Madebeats’ studio and recorded a love song ‘So Fine’ which is not only dedicated to his wife but to also inspire lovers keep their fire burning.

"It’s a love song where I am giving assurance about my love and telling my lover how different my love is, compared to what she would get from others,” The singer told The New Times a few hours after releasing the song on Tuesday, March 9.

The song was, according to the singer, released a day after the International Women’s Day celebration, as a way of showing ‘my appreciation to all the women”

The video was directed by Mariva.

Supernatural by Yvan Buravan

Yvan Buravan is aware that he had a quiet 2020 and his latest lyric song ‘Supernatural’ is an indication that he is looking forward to re-establishing himself again this year.

Two weeks after releasing his EP ‘Foreign Affairs’, the Prix Decouverte RFI laureate dropped a brand new song on Monday, March 8.

He dropped the song to preach the power of love while describing it as ‘Supernatural’ given the fact that its description is immeasurable. It has no formula.

The audio of the song, which is composed in English, was produced by Producer Madebeats. The video comes out next week.

Toka Shitani by KNC 

Two years ago, KNC announced that he would be retiring from music. But now, the story seems to be different or has the singer failed to keep his promise for the love he has for music. On March 9, he released his new song ‘Toka Shitani’, a collaboration with local top rappers Jay Polly, Neg The General and Pacson.

The song, according to the singer and media entrepreneur, was recorded to caution some youth against involving themselves in drug use and other bad habits that could ruin their future as a consequence.

KNC explained that he recorded the song together with the rappers who previously accustomed to such life experience that eventually got them sentenced to prison on a number of occasions.

Gospel Cypher by All Gospel Rappers

‘Gospel Cypher’ is an all-star Hip Hop song that features eight top local rappers namely Bull Dogg, The Pink, Blaise Pascal, Ga-Yell, NPC, Philip Sendi, JeJeh Uomo Fuoco and Canada-based Bright Patrick.

Released last week, the he song was recorded in collaboration with capital records, according to The Pink.

"Capital records wanted something big that will show unity between gospel rappers...I talked to some rappers that I was sure they will make a good cypher and they accepted. We proposed to rap about God's work in our lives,” she told The New Times.

The audio of the song was produced by Ency Via Pro while the video was shot by video director Sinta and Samy.