HARARE – Simika Comedy, the brainchild of award-winning comedians Simba The Comic King and Victor “Doc Vikela” Mpofu, has come up with a free Tuesday night show at the Travel Plaza-based Gabys Restaurant. Doc Vikela, who is hosting tonight’s show in the absence of Simba The Comic King who is currently holding gigs in South…
HARARE – Afro-fusion star Victor Kunonga’s maiden performance at Club Paramount in Chitungwiza last weekend has won the Kwedu singer new fans in a city regarded as a sungura fortress. Chitungwiza, home to some of Zimbabwe’s finest musicians, including Nicholas Zakaria, Alick Macheso, Jah Prayzah among others, has historically been dominated by sungura artistes. When…
HARARE – Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) chairperson Musaemura Zimunya says the country’s reading culture is deteriorating mainly due to technology which generates immediate gratification at the expense of long-term intellectual benefit. Zimunya, who is also chairperson of the Zimbabwe Writers Association (Zwa), said the recent Culture Week that ran from May 16 to 23,…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean Afro-pop artiste Chashe Musarurwa-McTaggart has emerged as one of the hottest female musicians on the local scene largely due to her hit titled Zvokupenga. The music of Chashe, who collaborated with Tinashe Makura on the hit that has captured the imagination of young Zimbabweans, revolves around love. Chashe and Tinashe…
HARARE – Shingirayi “Mau Mau” Sabeta, one of the pioneers of Zimbabwean hip-hop, says the genre will move a notch higher if its artistes sing in their mother tongues. “Artists need to master their mother tongues and rap in those mother tongues so that we develop our own voice. Few artists are currently doing that….
HARARE – As Suluman Chimbetu celebrates his 33rd birthday bash tonight at the Private Lounge in Harare, it is also important to highlight some of the young musician’s successes as both a musician and businessman. Dubbed “Sulu and friends”, the dendera musician’s celebrations will include fellow musicians Alick Macheso and Jah Prayzah. Born on May…
HARARE – I was part of the estimated 2 000 people who attended the launch of Jah Prayzah’s latest album Jerusarema at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Friday night. The launch of the Uzumba-born musician’s fifth album was scheduled to kick off at 6pm but we had to endure a three-hour delay reportedly…
HARARE – The Book Café is on the verge of solving a three-year financial crisis that was threatening its survival, Tomas Brickhill, the managing director of the legendary live music venue has said. Tomas, who took over the running of the award-winning arts venue following the death of his father Paul Brickhill in October last…
HARARE – Rave queen Rozalla Miller (51) is confident that her latest single If You Say It Again, which is currently enjoying a good run on the US Billboard Charts, will reaffirm her status as a global star. The Zimbabwe-bred musician, who was born in the Zambian city of Ndola, told the Daily News on…
HARARE – Colourful businessman Philip Chiyangwa gave music star Jah Prayzah two stands worth $27 000 during the launch of the Uzumba-born musician’s latest album titled Jerusarema at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Friday night. The two stands pledged by Chiyangwa during the auction of Jerusarema include a Harare one worth $12 000…
