If you were in Lagos last Saturday, and you were not at Victoria
Island’s posh hangout, popularly known as Othello’s lounge, off Adeola Odeku
Road, then you missed! Yes, just accept that you missed! That’s because Alula
Okposo’s event aptly tagged ‘Music from the Soul 2017’, was one of the finest
evenings that Lagos had to offer on that particular Saturday night.
Oh, yes! The Ibru clan was there, led by the big two sisters,
Mama G (that’s Gloria) and Ibuks. Elvina Ibru, the third of the three big
sisters, was said to be away on vacation in London.
The atmosphere in the T-shaped hall of Othello’s Lounge was
electrifying. The music was loud and so were the voices. The beats were fun and
so were the dance steps. Laughter echoed from table to table, fun filled the
air as the conversations were rib-cracking and everyone had the licence to
laugh freely and enjoy the evening.
Food was mostly chops, grilled peppery fish with chips, sea
food and the like, while drinks ranged from choice wine to spirit, cocktail,
cognac and champagne. And the music encouraged this haven atmosphere to breathe
freely and easily into the beautiful night.
In the midst of all these, was Alula Okposo! Young, sassy
and talented! She swayed with ease as she commanded the microphone wrapped in
her palms as she rendered one soul music after another to the wild
entertainment of this beautiful evening crowd.
No doubt, Alula’s music speaks well of her talent. And the
crowd loved her. The guests this evening were a great mix. Top CEOs: corporate
titans, business men, senior managers, silver spoon kids, show biz gurus, entertainment
writers, musicians, comedians and performers.
Gloria Ibru’s band, the G-band, took command of the stage,
allowing Alula to flow her music to the crowd with an expertise that is in-born.
But Alula did not stop at singing only her personal songs; she explored the
beauty of her voice, delivering the low and high pitched tones in other popular
contemporary songs. And when she rounded up her command performance with a
popular love-song, the crowd could not help but sing along with her.
Her mother, Gloria Ibru, an acclaimed soul / jazz singer, was
with a second mic. She naturally came alive with a light sexy baritone voice
that eased the song to the ears of the crowd. So, it was also Gloria Ibru’s
night, because most of the evening, Gloria held on to a second mic, and more or
less sang along to most of the songs of other stars and artistes that performed
that evening.
Not surprising, that’s because, Mama G as she is fondly
called, has known and performed with most of the stars and artistes that took
the stage that cool evening.
As the late evening progressed into mid-night, music of the
80s and 90s took over Othello’s lounge. From the raw guitar string of an imported
Rastafarian, specially searched out and discovered for this particular evening
by Alula, came old Late Bob Marley’s songs. A good opening or cue for an
equally imported Alex O, to take over the stage with good old skool music.
The evening’s entertainment was rich, sumptuous and it was
not complete until Dede Mabiakwu (Dede de oooo) had taken over the stage,
rendering one Fela hit song after another! He also did a major song from the
list of songs in his forthcoming album, where he has one or two duet with
Gloria Ibru. The tempo increased further more and peaked! I saw the spirit of
music move most of the guests into land unknown! And at that point, Gloria Ibru
had a dollar rain over her, as she danced to great fulfilment.
Even when the night was over, the guests refused to go...
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