Dunsin Oyekan has never been in a hurry. The Nigerian worship leader nicknamed The Eagle — for his soaring guitar work and the intimate, unhurried way he carries a congregation into the presence of God — released his latest live album New Wine on April 2, 2026, following a prophetic reveal stream the night before that had fans watching in real time as the tracklist was unveiled song by song.
The result is one of the most anticipated Nigerian worship releases of the year — and it more than lives up to that expectation.
The Album at a Glance
Dunsin Oyekan — New Wine (Live)
Released: April 2, 2026
Format: Live album, 10 tracks
Notable collaborations: Victoria Orenze, Theophilus Sunday
Official video: Elohim — premiering today at noon UTC
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How It Arrived — The Prophetic Reveal Stream
Before a single track dropped, Dunsin gave his community something unusual: a live prophetic reveal stream on April 1, walking listeners through the heart of the album before it existed in their hands. It was a deliberate act of invitation — not a marketing event but a spiritual preamble, setting the atmosphere for what the album would ask of its listeners. By the time April 2 arrived, his audience was not just ready to listen. They were ready to worship.
What followed was one of the more beautiful communal listening experiences in recent Nigerian gospel music. Fans coordinated simultaneous plays across time zones, posting real-time updates — “We’re all on Track 2 now” — turning a digital album release into something that felt like a shared gathering. In a moment when the church is scattered across Singapore, Lagos, London, and Dubai, that kind of communal presence matters more than it might seem.
The Music — Track by Track Highlights
Track 1 — “Praise The Lord (Live)”
At 15 minutes long, the opening track announces immediately what kind of album this is. New Wine is not built for playlists or passive background listening. It is built for encounter. The opener is an extended praise odyssey that gives the congregation — and the listener — time to actually arrive, to leave behind the noise of the day and enter into something different. In an era of 2-minute singles and shuffle-friendly tracks, a 15-minute opener is a statement of intent: we are not in a hurry here.
Dunsin’s guitar work is immediately present — the signature sound that earned him The Eagle nickname. It soars, it builds, it circles back, it opens space. The live recording captures a room that is genuinely worshipping, not performing.
“More Than This (Live)” ft. Victoria Orenze
Victoria Orenze is one of the most distinctive voices in Nigerian worship music — known for her prophetic, prayer-soaked approach to singing. Her collaboration with Dunsin on More Than This is a natural pairing of two artists who share a similar spiritual DNA: unhurried, scripture-rooted, uninterested in spectacle. The track is one of the album’s emotional highpoints — a declaration that no earthly thing compares to the presence of God, sung by two people who genuinely believe it.
“Speechless (Live)” ft. Theophilus Sunday
Theophilus Sunday brings his characteristic depth to this collaboration — a track that does exactly what its title suggests. There are moments in genuine worship where language runs out, where the only appropriate response to God’s glory is silence or sounds that precede words. Speechless builds toward that threshold and then — graciously — stops trying to fill it with more words. It is one of the bravest tracks on the album.
The ‘Elohim’ Video — Premiering Today
The album’s momentum continues today with the official video premiere of Elohim at noon UTC. In Hebrew, Elohim is one of the oldest names for God in Scripture — the plural form of El, suggesting fullness, creative power, and divine community. A Dunsin Oyekan visual treatment of a song by that name is worth clearing your schedule for.
🎬 Watch on Dunsin Oyekan’s YouTube channel →
What New Wine Says About Where Nigerian Worship Is Heading
New Wine is a significant album not just for what it sounds like but for what it represents. Dunsin Oyekan has built his ministry on the conviction that worship is a place of encounter, not entertainment — that the goal of a worship gathering is not to produce an emotional experience but to host the actual presence of God. In a Nigerian gospel music scene that sometimes runs hot with spectacle and production, that conviction is quietly countercultural.
The fact that this album arrived with a prophetic reveal stream, coordinated communal listening sessions, and a sense that something spiritually significant was happening — not just musically — speaks to a community that has caught that vision. The Eagle has always flown high and alone. But New Wine suggests he is taking a generation with him.
Gospelbuzz Rating: ★★★★★ — Essential worship listening.
📖 Scriptures That Speak to New Wine’s Themes
- Psalm 150:1–6 — The fullest expression of praise in Scripture — let everything that has breath praise the Lord. The spirit of Track 1.
- Matthew 9:17 — “Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins… No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” — The album’s title and its invitation: come with fresh capacity.
- Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God.” — The posture of Speechless.
- Isaiah 6:1–5 — Isaiah’s encounter with God’s glory that left him undone. What every genuine worship experience points toward.
