The Reapers Choir (TRC) Releases New Dance Track, “The Only One” (Okan Soso) | @thereaperschoir |

The Reapers Choir, one of just a handful of all-female, award winning gospel outfits based in the UK, has drawn on the African roots of all its members and created an upbeat hand-clapping, foot-stomping Afrobeats dance track. Currently comprised of first and second-generation Nigerian and Ghanaian immigrants, the choir opted to infuse Nigerian words from the Yoruba language into the song encouraging the listener to extol God and His attributes through worship and dance.

Anu Omideyi, director of The Reapers Choir shared, “We wanted to express our worship in a very physical way consistent with our African cultures. As a church gospel choir, this song captures part of our normal weekly worship where you can hear anything from praise and worship to rock to Afrobeats to hymns in one church service! We’re now introducing our supporters and everybody else to this side of us.”

She added, “After singing an unexpected up-tempo song at the Premier Gospel Awards in April to an amazing response, we really wanted to continue in that vein. It gave us confidence to show our versatility.”

The vocal ability of this unique singing collective has been recognised nationally and internationally, with the gospel outfit winning “Choir of the Year” and “Choir Director of the Year” for its director and manager, Anu Omideyi, in the Zeta Gospel Music Awards, Tennessee, USA, in October 2015.

The choir was also a finalist on BBC1’s Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2014, was nominated in the Premier

Check out the lyric video below;