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Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw THE late gospel music icon Brian Sibalo’s siblings in collaboration with United Kingdom-based musician Timothy Ngwenya recently celebrated the singer’s life and musical legacy with an online concert. During the concert, Ngwenya together with the late Sibalo’s brothers joined forces in rekindling the late singer’s composing exploits by singing his…

INTERNET Content Adaption Protocol (ICAP), a United States-based company has roped in some local singers on a song titled Apart/Together. ICAP confirmed that Dereck Mpofu and Albert Nyathi wrote the song and then co-produced it with Clive ‘Mono’ Mukundu at Monolio Studios in Zimbabwe. In an interview with the Daily News, Mpofu said: “Technology played…

Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw   THE Victoria Falls has reached its highest water flows in a decade as authority data shows four times more water is now flowing over the world’s largest waterfall than at this time last year recorded as of April. At least 3 922 cubic metres per second were recorded compared…

THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe(Nacz) in partnership with Unesco will present ResiliArt, an online debate series with key industry professionals and artists both established and emerging artists in Zimbabwe. On Thursday (14 May) between 1100 and 1230hrs, ResiliArt Zimbabwe will present a discussion under the banner: Artists and Creativity Beyond Crisis. The panellists will…

Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa-based reggae artiste Proud Marata aka GameBoi or Mr Khaki Entertainer has bemoaned the current coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown as it has grounded all his plans for the year. GameBoi said: “This lockdown has indeed been very hard on me to the extent that we are almost mid-year and I…

Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw FORMER dancehall and reggae singer Hilcardin has made a surprise switch to traditional music. In a way to bid farewell to his fans, his tunes will remain only on YouTube and those are the last dancehall songs people are going to hear from him. He told the Daily News: “This…

Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa-based hip-hop star King98 has cushioned fellow musicians with food hampers and cash which can last them some weeks. This comes as the local arts industry is grounded due to national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown put in place by the government in March to curb the virus from spreading. As…

Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw HIP-HOP artiste Nonkululeko Vundla, 35 aka Black Bird has released a new album titled Bantu Queen which is a collection of 14 songs sung in six different languages. This project comes as she commemorates 10 years since the release of her debut album The Rappetizer. In an interview with the…

PAKARE Paye Arts Centre-bred singer Mbeu and Mhodzi Tribe will on Saturday serenade online music fans as he officially launches his digital partnership with MunMac. Mbeu’s manager Eugene Museredza said this partnership is among several interventions that the musician has been focussing on during the national lockdown period. “The global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic…