Star Track Album 3 1 0 2 , h t rently resides in the U.S.A., and the video’s creative 4 2 direction was also handled by him. r e “Hallelujah” features, Senela Jay, on vocals, with b Yashan handling the rapping m e Senela is an emerging artiste for soul, jazz and gospel c music. She is also a pianist and a songwriter. e D The music for “Hallelujah” was done by the hottest y addition to the Sri Lankan music composing industry, a n a a d Chamath Sangeeth, who is still in his early 20s, while d n s a e Yashan came up with the lyrics. h C u The song was released to the web and, according to . T D . P Yashan, the feedback is amazing. y b “I’m so happy to know that people are enjoying and t u appreciating gospel music which is quite rare in Sri o y a l Lanka,” said Yashan. c i The lyric video is available on YouTube and the song h p a can be downloaded for free @ www.yashanonline.com r G Yashan de Silva hristmas is a time of GIVING and SHARING. It’s a time of celebration – yes, a celebration of the Cbirth of Christ. Giving and sharing is done in many ways. However, for hip hop artiste, Yashan de Silva, the meaning of ‘giving’ is praising the Lord, in a very special way, And So This Is Christmas using his talents as a singer. Yashan never fails to give praise to the Lord for the Celine Dion success he has achieved in the music scene. And he thought he should give back to his Creator something So this is Christmas and what have you done extra special this season. He worked on a song, he thought would be most Another year over, a new one just begun appropriate for Christmas, and came up with And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun “Hallelujah.” The near and the dear one, the old and the young And he told The Island’s “Star Track” that he did this song for Jesus for this December (2013), especial- A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year ly for the Christmas season. This track is now being heard on YES FM, RED FM, Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear as well as on KISS FM. A lyric video has also been released and was well And so this is Christmas for weak and for strong received by viewers when shown on Yashan’s new TV The rich and the poor ones, the world is so wrong show, “Music Xpress,” aired on Siyatha TV on And so happy Christmas for black and for white Sundays and Wednesdays, from 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm. All footage was shot by Rakitha Perera, who cur- For the yellow and the red ones, let's stop all the fight Yashan and Senala Jay A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear Seen 'N' Heard And so this is Christmas and what have we done HEARD…there seems to be dissen - Another year over and a new one just begun sion among the band members. 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