HARARE – Songbird Selmor Mtukudzi and her husband Tendai Manatsa will hold a joint album launch at La Rouge in Westgate tonight. Selmor, daughter of music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, will launch an album titled I am Woman while her husband will unleash Bhomba, an album which derived its title from his nickname. Tracks on Selmor’s…
HARARE – High-riding music star Jah Prayzah says he will continue to unleash new music onto the market so as to remain relevant. Even though his latest album Jerusarema, which he launched in May last year, is still fairly competitive, the Uzumba-born musician has already lined up a new album. “I think the Zimbabwean music…
HARARE – Playing her own interpretation of Winky D’s Musarova Bigman at the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) in London last week is turning out to be an inspired decision for 22-year-old Zimbabwean indie/folk singer Gemma Griffiths. Despite her performances at events such ZAA, Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa), Miombo Magic in Harare and ZimFest…
HARARE – Award-winning music star Jah Prayzah will perform at Pagomba Night Club in Beitbridge tonight in a gig that will also feature upcoming musician Potifa Mopo. Tomorrow the Jerusarema singer will take his popular act to Ritz Night Club in Masvingo before returning to Harare on Sunday for a gig at Junction 24 along…
HARARE – Hunnar Management Agency, the organisers of Intwasa Fashion Show 2016, will hold model castings on May 28 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Model coordinator Rudo Nyoni is confident they will attract top models. “Running under the theme ‘No Colour’, we are looking forward to have a variety of models being…
HARARE – Award-winning music video director Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze’s first full-length film titled The Purse, which features music star Jah Prayzah, will be released on online platforms at the end of the month. Slimaz told the Daily News that the epic Christian movie, which premiered at Ster-kinekor Eastgate a fortnight ago, will also be available…
HARARE – Comedians from South Africa and Zimbabwe will feature in the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) comedy and satire programme which will run at Reps Theatre from today until Sunday. Participating comedians include Lindzy Lihle Msimang, Yasseen Barnes, Donavan Goliath (South Africa) while Zimbabwe will be represented by Simba the Comic King, Q…
HARARE – Local companies and other corporates should also consider sponsoring theatre development and the world of film as both spheres are lagging behind, a top actress has said. Chipo Eva Bizure who started acting in 2000 when she was 16, bemoaned the absence of serious sponsorship packages saying this was slowing down progress in…
HARARE – Protest musician Raymond Majongwe says he will do a joint song with chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo. Majongwe, who is also a veteran trade unionist, told the Daily News that they agreed on the collaboration on the sidelines of a show the two held on April 16 in Leicester in the United Kingdom…
HARARE – South African artiste Jeremy Olivier flawlessly performed Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s song Neria on the reality television singing competition called The Voice (South Africa) as a dedication to his mother on Mother’s Day. After the performance, the Chinhoyi-born Olivier described the sound track for the 1993 film as a song close to his heart…
