INDIGENOUS INNOVATIONS MEET MODERNITY ANALYSIS OF IGWE SONG BY THE MIDNIGHT CREW

Nigeria is blessed with some of the best Gospel musicians making distinct marks in Gospel music entertainment around the globe. The Midnight Crew, a Nigerian Gospel group has blazed the trail with the composition Igwe, a song that shot them to the limelight in 2008music. The paper trails the evolution and development of the group over the years. Through detailed musicological analysis, it investigates the unique elements in the songs, examining the techniques adopted in creating the song that has revolutionized the Praise worship concept in Nigeria. The paper concludes that more analysis should be conducted on other popular music genres in Nigeria in order to further appreciate the noble contributions these musicians have made in the field of popular music through the way their songs are created, processed and consumed in Nigeria and around the world.