HARARE – Noone from the Bob Marley Foundation will grace the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) awards taking place tonight at the Harare International Conference Centre where the late reggae legend is being controversially awarded the Life Time Achievement gong by the organisers. The awards will be running for the second year having taking a seven-year…
HARARE – Zimdancehall star Killer T, who walked away empty-handed from the recent National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), could find solace at the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) on tomorrow night at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Jah Prayzah’s Jerusarema out-competed Killer T’s Ngoma Ndaimba and Winky D’s Gafa Life to win the award for…
HARARE – Veteran musician Dickson “Cde Chinx” Chingaira, who has been unwell for some time, made a rare appearance at the City Sports Bar where he made a brief performance. Cde Chinx performed during the City Sports Bar’s Monday Jam Session — a weekly event which brings together veteran guitarists, vocalists and drummers from different…
HARARE – The ongoing court labour dispute between Leeroy Gono, Artistic Director of Masvingo’s Youth Cultural Arts Festival and Masvingo Drama Circle is becoming more complex with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) claiming that an attached piano belongs to them. This comes after Masvingo City Council through its Acting Town Clerk at the…
HARARE – Rising songbird Ammara Brown has collaborated with South African music legend Hugh “Bra Hugh” Masekela on a track titled Next Lifetime that will be released next month. The daughter of the late musician Andy Brown confirmed the collaboration in an interview with the Daily News, adding that the single will be part of…
HARARE – After years of playing second fiddle to Zimdancehall, sungura finally got the better of the former, albeit on the soccer field. Sungura artistes ganged-up with musicians from other music genres and beat a team made up of Zimdancehall artistes 5-3 in a hilarious game sponsored by Savanna Tobacco. Upcoming gospel musician Nicholas Chirunga,…
HARARE – New York-based Zimbabwean performer/choreographer Nora Chipaumire is slowly becoming Tumbuka Dance Company’s knight in shining armour. The Mutare-born Chipaumire, who donated her production titled Portrait of Myself as My Father’ to Tumbuka last year, has returned to Zimbabwe’s leading contemporary dance company with an acclaimed dance piece called Dark Swan. Tumbuka with Chipaumire…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike has released a video for her hit Ndinewe just a week after winning the 2015 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Video of the Year gong for the song Huyai Tinamate. The Ndinewe video, directed by Charles Maungwa, who also did the Nama-winning video for Huyai Tinamate, was uploaded on…
HARARE – Sungura music star Alick Macheso says if you are a farmer and always having problems with baboons stealing your maize, change tactics and grow tobacco instead. Macheso said music pirates in the country — like such baboons — were left empty handed recently after he withheld his long-awaited music album which they had…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Jah Cure could finally hold his maiden concert in Zimbabwe at the end of April. The internationally-acclaimed artiste, who is regarded as King of Lovers Rock and Roots Reggae, will perform at the Glamis Arena on April 29 in a gig dubbed “Together As One.” The Unconditional Love singer is…
