adminand “Hazvina Maturo”, stresses the idea of faith in Christ as one of the hallmarks of Christianity.
Bradley Mberi, the group’s manager, said the album took a year and a half to produce and was a culmination of hard work as Firm Faith wanted to produce music that appealed to the listener’s heart.
“Before producing this album we marketed our songs first in churches. During this period we came up with new songs that we have sung and are well received by our fans. This made it possible for us to produce ‘Tinevimbo’”, said Bradley.
He said gospel music lovers should expect to find a complete package of music that both soothes the mind while at the same time offering solutions to life’s challenges such as poverty, illness and death.
He said the album brings people to Christ who alone has the power to save them in a world bedevilled by sin.
“Our music offers a solution to life’s different problems. Hence people who find themselves in different circumstances relate well with the message in our music.
“This is our aim as a group, to give hope to people who are tired of poverty, disease and death.
“We target charitable institutions, funerals, churches and other public places because we feel that that is where our music has the most appeal. Music loses its meaning if it fails to address the needs of the people. Since the days are evil, people need Christ as their only means for salvation,” explained Bradley
Firm Faith was established in 2005 and in 2007 recorded an album “Maria” which proved popular among many acapella gospel music enthusiasts.
After a seven-year sabbatical, the group has now made a return to the recording studio with the release of “Tinevimbo” which promises to leave an impression in the minds of all those who love gospel music.
Asked why the group had taken so long to record an album, Bradley responded: “We took long to record new albums because most of our members, who are mainly university students, returned to their respective colleges after completing their industrial attachments. We had to find replacements before we could focus on recording a new album.”
He said although Firm Faith has over the years written new songs that will soon be recorded it was expensive to record new albums given that it was a non-profit making group while most of their members were not gainfully employed.
Bradley, however, encouraged Zimbabweans to value and support gospel music as it promotes positive messages that are both rooted in the word of God and have a potential to transform people making them God fearing and law-abiding citizens.
“Other artistes today are finding fame in singing about nudity, sex, violence, destruction and different social delinquencies yet very few are singing about morality and being upright.
“If gospel music is not supported, secular music will take over and that will sow seeds for potential problems in our society,” he said.
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