BULAWAYO – Nhimbe Trust, a Bulawayo-based arts education organisation, intends to set up a creative space in Zimbabwe’s second largest city which is similar to the defunct Book Café which shut its doors two years ago. To set the ball rolling, Nhimbe Trust, which has been running arts events around Bulawayo under the banner of Bluez…
HARARE – Songstress Wadzanayi “Wanai” Ndudzo has released two videos for the songs Ndiye Uye and Kana Ndinewe off her second and latest album Shinga. National Arts Merit Award (Nama)-winning music video director Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze, who directed videos for Jah Prayzah’s songs Mwanasikana and Tsviriyo, did the video for Ndiye Uye while the one…
HARARE – Gospel stars Charles and Olivia Charamba have confirmed that they will drop two albums this month as scheduled. Olivia, better known in gospel music circles as Mai Charamba, will release Voice of Mirriam, her first solo album since 2006, while her multi-award-winning husband, Charles, will release his first solo project in seven years…
HARARE – South African musician and producer, Steve Dyer, will direct a new-look Mahube at this year’s edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) set to run from May 2 to 7. Mahube, a collaboration which brought together southern African artistes who included music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, was one of the…
HARARE – Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo believes he has finally evolved into the suave sungura artiste that his late father, Tongai, wanted him to be. When sungura giant Tongai Moyo breathed his last in 2011, he grudgingly handed over the reins of his treasured Utakataka Express band to his eldest son Peter because there was…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based gospel artiste, Angelina Lindiwe Mhlanga, is hopeful that her duet with the popular Takesure Zamar Ncube titled Hlala Nami will raise her profile in Zimbabwe. The collaborative song, which is the title track of her second album released last year, is being played regularly on several local radio stations, particularly, Star…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu, who was briefly arrested early this week, is now off the hook after he paid $1 600 to his e-x wife Marygold Mutemasango to settle maintenance arrears. Chimbetu had been dragged to court by Mutemasango after defaulting on the January and February payments. Appearing before Harare magistrate Joy Chikodzore…
HARARE – Highly-energetic singer and actress Kessia Masona, who plays the lead role in television drama Muchaneta, is returning to City Sports Bar’s weekly event Jam Session tonight. She is expected to share the stage with Tendai Chimombe, Allan Chimbetu, Tendai Dembo, Lady Storm, Juntal, Malax, Chief Hwenje Shumba, Were, Tendai Manatsa, Liversy Matamba, Talking…
HARARE – With the local economy on its knees, the arts sector is usually the first casualty as people cut down on their spending on leisure. The people who go to nightclubs become fewer and even the few that still attend spend less. Music fans, some of who follow their idols everywhere they perform, also…
HARARE – Leading female dancers in the country are set to clash at The Volt in Harare this Friday to wind up the women’s month in style. The cast includes Zoey Sifelani and Red Angels, Sarah Dee and Real Divas, Wasu and Syndicate Girls, Lady Storm and Swagga Band as well as Beverly Sibanda and…
