HARARE – Rising South Africa-based Zimbabwean gospel songbird Lindi Marc has promised a “joyous occasion” when she performs this afternoon at Poths Ministries Deliverance Centre Church in Unit A, Chitungwiza. Lindi Marc, who was born Lindiwe Phiri, will share the stage with Tatenda Mahachi, Mwenje Mathole, Live Soul , Rixon, Family Affair, Privy,Tinashe, Kin and…
HARARE – All eyes will be on Congolese rhumba star Fally Ipupa to see if he will fill the 5 000-seater Harare International Conference Centre tonight. He will share the stage with local musicians Oliver Mtukudzi, Juntal and Diamond Musica. The much hyped gig is being brought to Zimbabwe courtesy of businessman and socialite Genius…
BULAWAYO – South Africa-based gospel outfit Umthombo Weskristu Gospel Servants bounced back with a second album titled Zinhle Kodwa Z’yabulala. The album is a follow up to their debut Siza Nkosi which was released in 2015. Simosenkosi Mbambo, the group leader who is back home to promote their new offing said it was their mission…
HARARE – Music producer and club DJ, DJ Stavo has decried the country’s poor and seemingly frowned upon music industry, saying it was making him slowly lose his passion for music. The DJ who has been in music for more than 15 years, has been building his name across the African continent and has been…
HARARE – Songbird Tahle WeDzinza has released a dance track titled Teleunga that was inspired by a Hawaiian dance. The just-released song, which is Tahle WeDzinza’s second after her debut track titled Give Me More on which she featured music star Jah Prayzah, was produced by DJ Tamuka at Military Touch Movement (MTM) and mastered…
HARARE – Barely six months after Alick Macheso and Peter Moyo shared the stage in Mozambique, the two sungura musicians are returning to the former Portuguese colony next month to headline the country’s uhuru celebrations. The celebrations to mark Mozambique’s 43 years of majority rule are pencilled for Campo Estrela Verhelma in Beira on June…
HARARE – Japanese J-African music superstars Iyco and Kaka Furaha put up a polished act at City Sports Bar in the capital on Monday which left the appreciative crowd begging for more. The band members’ arrival at the venue generated a lot of interest as the audience was curious to hear what the artistes had…
HARARE – American television presenter Jerry “Kojo” Robinson is in the country hunting for content to use on his show Music4U, a move which is set to expose local artistes to international audience. Kojo targets music sung in English as CW TV, where Music4U or simply M4UTV is shown, is an American English language broadcast…
HARARE – The late mbira queen, Chiwoniso Maraire’s music continues to inspire even in death, with a Japanese music band revealing that they have been inspired by her music before they even knew who she was. Lead singer of Iyco and Kaka Furaha, Iyco, said she bought Maraire’s music at an African music corner shop…
HARARE – Local rhumba musicians say Congolese rhumba star Fally Ipupa, who is set to perform in Harare on May 26, has no capacity to revive “the love of the genre” in Zimbabwe. Fally Ipupa will share the stage with Oliver Mtukudzi, Juntal and Diamond Musica at Harare International Conference Centre next week on Saturday….
