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Premier Christian Radio has launched a new, music based radio station for London and the surrounding area. The new radio station, Premier Gospel is devoted to playing a range of music from around the globe and include the very best of Gospel Reggae, Urban, African, Latin, House and Jazz.
Muyiwa, Premier veteran and the man behind popular international music group Muyiwa and Riversongz presents Gospel Tonight. This brings Gospel music and guests to Premier’s national audience every weekday evening. Muyiwa said, “The launch of a Gospel radio station will add to the fantastic work they have already done in London and across Britain”.
Premier have also announced that there will be a Saturday show, Unsigned which will showcase new talent on the Gospel scene.
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2010 seems set to be a good year for Muyiwa.
He is making plans to record his fourth album in the States, and it will be produced by Kevin Bond, one of gospel’s leading producers.
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Artists whom this man has worked with include Richard Smallwood, the Tri City Singers and Kirk Franklin.
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Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin careers when to a higher level when Bond produced their projects!!
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BET marked its one-year celebration on Dstv (the digital satellite television platform on which BET is seen in Africa) with a unique opportunity; an open call to its best and most talented gospel singers to audition for a chance to be on BET’s hit competition series, SUNDAY BEST.
The country of Nigeria enthusiastically answered the call as more than 1,000 hopefuls showed up to the Eko Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria to audition.
Gospel legend Kirk Franklin was joined by special guest judges for the Nigerian tryouts Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell and British-Nigerian gospel artist Muyiwa Olarewaju. During the callbacks today, the guest judges will choose who will travel to the United States to compete on the third season of SUNDAY BEST. U.S. audition cities will be announced soon.
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Britain’s leading gospel artist Muyiwa is set to reach a new and wider audience following his new appointment as judge on Sunday Best, the hit TV show which brings new gospel talent to the fore. It was first screened in the US in 2008 by its creators leading black TV network, Black Entertainment Television (BET).
Muyiwa will join the panel of judges for the third series, which will include gospel superstar Donnie McClurkin and presenter Grammy Award winning artist Kirk Franklin, when they travel to Nigeria in their search for new artists. Muyiwa will sit alongside them giving his verdict on the up and coming Nigerian gospel talent set to attend the nationwide auditions in the hope of getting TV exposure and winning a record deal.
The Nigerian gospel artist deemed to be the best by the judges will be flown out to America to take part in the Sunday Best final and compete alongside the other finalists for the prize of a recording contract with a major label.
Muyiwa’s appointment as a judge on Sunday Best is the second major project he has undertaken with the international BET TV network. Last year he became the first UK gospel artist and International artist to appear on BET’s popular Celebration of Gospel show, which was broadcast in the US, UK and Europe and Africa.
He commented, “I feel honoured that BET has asked me to be a judge on Sunday Best, a show which is broadcast throughout the world. It’s exciting to play a part in discovering new artists. I am looking forward to hearing the abundance of gospel talent that exists in Nigeria, and playing a part in shaping and honing that talent in front of a TV audience.”
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