BULAWAYO – South Africa-based musician Sebenzani “Mehlokazulu” Mnqolo has ditched maskandi in favour of Afro jazz. Mehlokazulu, who made a name for himself playing maskandi, told the Daily News that it was time to adopt a new beat. “I have three albums under my belt. Though my music was predominantly maskandi it always had an…
HARARE – Zimbabwean musician Brian Nhira (24), who was praised last year by American music star Pharrell Williams after an electric performance on the American prime-time show, The Voice, will hold a free concert at News Café Borrowdale on Saturday afternoon. Nhira, who also won plaudits American country music singer Blake Shelton for his exploits…
HARARE – Zimbabwean fans of Jamaican music star Alkaline appear destined to wait longer for the controversial artiste to hold a maiden concert in the country. The Jamaican star was originally scheduled to perform at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on August 26 but organisers of the concert — 2 Kings Entertainment — cast…
HARARE – A documentray on the late Ousmane Sembene — widely regarded as the father of African cinema — will be screened in Harare on Saturday afternoon at the B2c Working Space located at corner First Street and Jason Moyo Avenue. The weekend screening is part of the “Sembene Across Africa project” — a three-day…
HARARE – Three years ago, Coke Studio Africa saw the legendary Wyclef Jean take the stage and light up our households with the unforgettable Divine Sorrow. A year later super star NE-YO took Peace One Day to Rwanda and delivered a Coke Studio original song Reason. In 2016, Coke Studio saw the iconic Trey Songz…
HARARE – Bryan K, who released his first ever gospel song last month, has bounced back with a new song — Forever. The Chinhoyi-born singer told the Daily News that the song, he co-produced with a Ghanaian producer — Ceekay — will be released on June 16. “I love the song. I am happy to…
HARARE – Songstress Pamela “Gonyeti” Zulu — who went solo after quitting music star Jah Prayzah’s band 10 months ago — says she has now fully escaped the shadow of the Sendekera hit-maker. Gonyeti told the Daily News that she will launch a new album at the end of the month to “show that I…
HARARE – Sungura music star Alick Macheso, who turns 49 on Saturday, is still looking for his father who deserted him when he was a six-year-old Macheso, who will celebrate his birthday on Saturday at a gig set for Tanza Centre in Chitungwiza that will also feature Nicholas Zakaria, Jacob Moyana, Faheem Somanje, Leonard Zhakata,…
HARARE – Award-winning actress and director Marian Kunonga, who featured in top films like Flame (1996) and a British television series called The Knock, has come out of hibernation. After drifting from country to country all over Southern Africa directing films, Kunonga has decided to make a film in her homeland. “It is a community-based…
HARARE – American classical musicians — violinist Sylvia Wehrs and cellist Elizabeth Glorioso — will perform at Arundel School in Harare on June 17. Wehrs, a Cleveland-based performer and teacher, is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she attained a bachelor’s degree in violin performance and suzuki pedagogy. She is a fully…
