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 – Turkish flautist Bulent Evcil and Zimbabwean pianist Eren Levendoglu’s concerts, that had been scheduled to take place on June 30 and July, have been postponed due to the unavailability of the latter. The two performances had been organised as part of the “Twelve — Music Every Month” series created by Levendoglu, a Turkish-Zimbabwean…
HARARE – Award-winning songstress, Selmor Mtukudzi, will launch a new single titled Hangasa on Monday. On the imminent single, the daughter of music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, who was signed up by Gallo Records of South Africa last year, collaborated with popular producer Macdonald “MacDee’ Chidavaenzi and her husband Tendai Manatsa. Interestingly, Selmor and MacDee also…
HARARE – This year’s edition of Shoko Festival will run in Harare from September 29 to October 1 at the Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences along Rotten Row. According to festival coordinator Natalie Kombe, Shoko Festival now in its seventh year, will run under the theme “Youtopia.” “The theme this year celebrates the individual and…
HARARE – The Harare leg of the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Festival 2017 is on today at Warren Bar in Warren Park. Several traditional dance groups will compete for the title won by Maramuro Agure last year. Winners of the contest will walk away with $300 with runner up pocketing $200. The traditional dance group…
HARARE – Grammy Award-winning British soul singer Joss Stone will perform at 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale tonight as part of a world tour which is taking her to 196 countries. The internationally-acclaimed British star, who is known for hits such as Fell in Love With A Boy, The Love We Had (Stays on my…
HARARE – Music star Jah Prayzah is Zimbabwe’s representative in Coke Studio Africa 2017, a music flagship show that resulted from the merger of Coke Studio Africa and Coke Studio South Africa. The Uzumba-born artiste is among different artistes from over 30 African countries who are collaborating. These include Khaligraph Jones & Band, Becca from…
HARARE – Musician cum poet Chirikure Chirikure and human rights executive Okay Machisa are collaborating on an 11-song album that is set for release soon. Respected music producer and guitarist Mono Mkundu is producing the album aptly titled Musoro which will be official launched at the end of June. Speaking to the Daily News last…
HARARE – The inaugural Gango Festival — set to be the only barbecue festival of its kind in Zimbabwe — will be held at Borrowdale Racecourse, Harare on August 5. Running under the theme “A life event for meat lovers,” the event is the brainchild of Proma Events. “Everything is moving according to plan. We…
HARARE – Upcoming gospel musician Simbarashe Ndungwa has composed a song in honour of Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga) founder Ezekiel Guti. Vana Vekutenda, the song which extols 94-year-old Guti who founded Zaoga in Bindura on May 12, 1960, is the title track of his just-released studio album. “Baba Guti is my strength. Whenever…
