Gospel artiste, Chukwuemeka Kpadobi aka Tonneil Avo has lamented the lack of spirituality among gospel musicians in the country saying that the industry is laced with worldliness, mediocrity and compromise.
Tonneil, who stated this in an interview in Lagos, said excellence and righteousness should be the hallmark of the gospel industry.
While speaking on his new album tagged: ‘Salvation is free,’ the foremost gospel artiste said, “What I will love to change is mediocrity and compromise in the gospel music industry, and lack of spirituality. I will continue in Excellence and Righteousness.”
The reggae gospel artiste, who is currently penning a deal with Veemost Entertainment, an international firm behind the much-anticipated Williams Uchemba’s movie, ‘Mamba’s Diamond’, clarified that, “Afrirock@g fusion is my brand of reggae. It’s reggae without ganja, cocaine, nor any kind of hard drug at work in man.
“In the place of ganja or any hard drug, I replace it with the spirit of Christ. In the place of Patua, I replace it with the word of God. My discovery is this; in ganja, you only feel high for a season but in the spirit of Christ, your highness has no time and season or limitations. I call that anointing and l tell you the truth you can’t go higher than the most high.”
He stated that his new album explains a lot, adding that, “God took our place and paid a price we could not pay, while we were yet his enemy. What an amazing grace.
“Salvation is free, but someone paid for it. Oxygen is free but someone paid for it. In my daily life as I meditate over these things, I hear more than a thousand songs from the other side of life,” he said.
“This song; ‘Salvation is Free’ became an eye-opener that Jesus Christ got our back always. The good news is that it’s danceable, entertaining, soul refreshing and it heals,” he added.