HARARE – Dendera music star Suluman Chimbetu and his Orchestra Dendera Kings will begin a tour of Midlands province tonight with a gig at Junior Sports Bar in Gokwe before heading to the Midlands Hotel in Gweru tomorrow night. After the two gigs in Midlands, the Sean Timba singer will return to Harare on Sunday…
HARARE – Kwekwe-based sungura artiste Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo’s plan to record a new album and a DVD this year is proving to be a tall order due to the continued loss of key members. Moyo’s manager Sukol Dube told the Daily News after Young Igwe’s performance at the City Sports Centre last Saturday that…
HARARE – Veteran pole dancer Zoey Sifelani and radio presenter Phathisani Sibanda will be the star attractions at the birthday bash of Club Archies’ manager Kudakwashe Mawonedzo set to take place at the Harare club tomorrow. Mawonedzo, who is turning 33, is confident that the two will make her birthday party one to remember. “I…
HARARE – Motswana songbird Slizer will hold two concerts in Zimbabwe this coming weekend. Slizer’s local manager, Gift Petro, told the Daily News that the popular dancer-cum-singer will perform in Beitbridge and Zvishavane over the weekend. “She will be performing in Beitbridge on Friday and in Zvishavane on Saturday. This is not the first time…
HARARE – Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), which cancelled its 2016 edition in a bid to “reinvent itself,” has made a public appeal for donations. Hifa founder and artistic director Manuel Bagorro made the appeal for donations on his Facebook page. “Please, donate to Hifa. The festival is an amazing annual celebration of…
HARARE – Veteran dendera artiste Allan Chimbetu says the recent launch of his latest album Covenant does not signal his return to music on a fulltime basis. The young brother of late music legend Simon Chimbetu has in the past dabbled into gold panning and the repairing of mobile phones among other supplementary businesses. “I am…
HARARE – Lady Squanda — the self-proclaimed Zimdancehall queen — has been associated with controversy ever since she burst onto Zimbabwe’s music scene about a decade ago. But even her staunchest supporters concede that the 25-year- old’s recent assault of upcoming comedian Skimbo Ziso Regondo Matika pushed her already battered reputation into revolting doldrums. Two…
HARARE – Urban grooves legend Decibel says the genre is not dead but has metamorphosed into various music styles. Decibel, whose hits Nakai and Chido made him the darling of music fans in the early 2000s, told the Daily News on Sunday that those who are “harping” about the demise of urban grooves are doing…
HARARE – Reigning Miss Deaf Zimbabwe Kuda Mapeture will represent the country at the Miss Deaf Africa 2016 set for Cape Town, South Africa on July 30. The 24-year-old beauty is not a newcomer to the world of pageants. She took part in Miss Deaf 2012 before heading to Prague in the Czech Republic a…
HARARE – This Year’s edition of the Midlands Music Awards (MMA) have pitted award-winning musician Mathias Mhere against his brother Daniel in the Best Traditional Gospel Music category. Mathias, who walked away with the Best Gospel Music Award and Best Album of the year in 2015, has been nominated for his album Double Double while…
