Musician Lawi\u2019s latest album Sunset in the Sky has a shortest song, \u2018Kosalowa Dzuwa\u2019, that runs for 45 seconds.
\nLawi\u2019s album has 25 tracks.
\nThe longest song in the album, which was launched in Lilongwe last month, runs for four minutes 33 seconds and is titled \u2018Dziko Lidakali.\u2019
\nWith most songs from recently released albums running as long as five minutes or six minutes, Lawi has restricted himself to short songs.
\nIn fact, there is another song that runs for one minute. In it, he talks about the godliness of God and his enduring love.
\nThe 45-second song starts with a man asking as to whether Lawi is ready for recording and, then, the recording starts.
\nThe song ends with a man, who seems to be the producer, telling other members to have Lawi taken out of the studio.
\nIt is a song in which Lawi speaks highly of paradise, saying that he will sing where the sun does not set and that he will sing where there is no day and night.
\nHe further says he will sing with angels. It is a short song worth listening to, the message is spot on but, to some extent, it sounds like they were just rehearsing.
\nLawi must, surely, have given himself a tough time to work on 25 tracks. He surely could have concentrated on a few and then carry over the other songs to another album.
\n\u201cI, as an artist, do not have limits. I have the whole world as my canvas and nothing can limit my creativity or stop me from expressing myself,\u201d Lawi said.
\nHe added that working on 25 songs was not a challenge.
\n\u201cI was very comfortable doing 25 songs and I could do more if I wanted to. Every piece in the album is well thought out and arranged. We went through a screening process at every level to glass mastering, and what you hear is a product that has been well monitored. So, nothing is there by mistake,\u201d he said.
\nOn the length of the songs, Lawi said it was a deliberate move.
\n\u201cA piece should go as far as you wish it to go but, also, be short enough for the listener to not lose attention,\u201d the singer and guitarist said.
\nJust like the album Lawi, where people concentrated more on the danceable song \u2018Amaona Kuchedwa,\u2019 forgetting other equally good tracks, Sunset in the Sky needs an ear and not enough legs on the dance floor.
\nThe songs in the album have a variety of messages which are important to the society.
\nApart from some songs exalting God, in other songs Lawi talks about the experiences that people go through.
\nIn the song \u2018Therere\u2019, he talks about the endless love of the mother.
\nSome of the songs in the album are \u2018Ndiangelo\u2019, \u2018Salimo Langa Ndi\u2019, \u2018Fesa\u2019, \u2018Ubale\u2019, \u2018Dance With Me\u2019, \u2018Chipepeso,\u2019 \u2018Diso\u2019, \u2018 Monga Nyerere\u2019, \u2018 One Handshake\u2019, \u2018Where My Heart Is\u2019 and \u2018Omanga\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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