HARARE – Disability does not mean inability. This is the case with a quartet from the Jairos Jiri School of the Blind in Kadoma, JJ Vibes, who have gone the dancehall way. Last week they appeared and recorded a song at the popular Mbare recording studio Chillspot Records. Chillspot’s Dj Fantan said he was overwhelmed…
HARARE – Gospel sensation Takesure Zamar-Ncube has been nominated for the Best of Africa Gospel in this year’s edition of SABC Crown Gospel Awards. The 11th edition of the awards will be held in Durban on November 25. Zamar-Ncube’s song — Ngidinga Wena — was nominated in the same category with Use Me by Ttshepo…
HARARE – Military Touch Movement producer Dj Tamuka – real name Tamuka Makuluni – says he prefers to be humble despite being behind a number of chart-topping songs. He says he doesn’t blow his own trumpet and allows his work to speak. “This is what I do, that is my work and I have to…
HARARE – Controversial playwright Sylvanos “Bhanditi” Mudzvova will showcase a one-man-play, King of Mutapa, in Germany next month for the first time in his career. King of Mutapa is one of the controversial satires from the United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean playwright. It is a pre-colonial satire about how African kings ruled with an iron fist. It…
HARARE – Singer Tocky Vibes says having 22 tracks on his latest album Chamakuvangu is a sign that he has a lot to sing about. He says this was not a sign of panic as the project caters for a wide audience. The 22-track album was launched on Saturday in Chinhoyi with several people in…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah, released the song Chitubu on Friday ahead of the official launch of the full album on November 2 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). The single, off the 12-track album Chitubu, was released to test the waters. Keen Mushapaidze, Jah Prayzah’s manager, told the Daily News they are happy with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-born cake maker and event planner Florence Muzvaba, who was honoured as the Best Event Planner and Decorator at the Biper Awards organised by Women of Purpose International in London recently, plans to hold a series of workshops in Harare starting next week. Muzvaba is hopeful that the workshops she will hold will…
HARARE – Biggie Tembo’s Bhundu Boys is continuing inspiring contemporary musicians with the latest being Ammara Brown. Ammara recently took to Facebook, revealing how the Bhundu Boys has inspired her to scale dizzy heights in the music industry, despite one’s background. “In 1987, our very own Bhundu Boys performed at Wembley Stadium, opening for Madonna….
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Jazz Festival 2018, which was set to take place at Alliance Francaise Harare on October 27, has been postponed indefinitely. Zimbabwe Jazz Community Trust, the organisers of the annual event, announced the postponement in a terse statement yesterday. “We regret to announce that the Zimbabwe Jazz Festival 2018 which had been…
HARARE – Former Miss Universe Zimbabwe Lisa Morgan has expressed her passion for the girl child through launching a “donate a pad” campaign to help young girls in Epworth. With a set target of 3 000 packets which the beauty queen set for herself, she has so far managed to raise 500 packets. She said…
