MYSTERY SOUNDS takes a complete stretch of praise around one name with THE JESUS MEDLEY; some worship sets are based on one name.

For many Nigerians that name is the heart of everything. It is sung at dawn services, whispered in hospital corridors, and yelled at Thanksgiving parties when a long prayer is answered at last. A medley formed around it promises familiar choruses linked one after the other, with the room singing along, no instructions given.

Here, the format matters. In a medley, the songs are as crucial as the order in which they are played, because someone has to decide how one chorus gives way to the next and when the intensity rises or falls. I can’t attempt to explain the actual songs, languages, or sounds I can’t confirm, but a set with a stated music team behind it signals a meticulously linked work, meant for singing along and not for sitting still.