HARARE – Award-winning Mokoomba, which performed 75 concerts in 15 countries in 2014, will kick-start its 2015 calendar on the Book Café Main Stage tomorrow. The Victoria Falls band, which rose to national prominence when it won the 2008 Music Crossroads Inter-Regional Festival in Lilongwe, has two albums under its belt. Their debut album Kweseka…
HARARE – Organisers of the much-hyped Zahara-Mafikizolo Harare concert, Simmad Entertainment, say the high-profile concert will go a long way in promoting little known local artistes. Simba Madziwa, the Simmad Entertainment boss said a good number of upcoming artistes are yearning for an opportunity to prove their mettle at the concert pencilled for March 6….
HARARE – The National Art Gallery and the Commissioner for the Zimbabwe Pavillion on Monday announced the three representatives to the 56th International Art exhibition in Venice, Italy. La Biennale di Venezia is an international art expo that introduces new works of art from international artistes every two years. Chikonzero Chazunguza, Masimba Hwati and Gareth…
HARARE – Harare has failed to provide the expected number of suitable girls for the Miss Zimbabwe boot camp set to run from April 1 to 25. The national pageant’s auditions that ran from Friday to Sunday in the capital city had netted only 10 suitable girls by the end of Saturday. Interstingly, Bulawayo delivered…
HARARE – LIively Zimdancehall artiste Dadza D will share the stage with Jamaican reggae star Luciano in South Africa on April 3 in Cape Town. At the same high profile gig, the Zimbabwean artiste, who is also known by the moniker Prince of Fire, will also play alongside the curiously-named South African roots reggae artiste…
HARARE – Award-winning musician Jah Prayzah says his current recording company Diamond Studios will not handle his forthcoming 10-track album Jerusarema set to be launched in May at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). The Uzumba-born musician has entered into a new record deal with Jive Zimbabwe after dumping Diamond Studios which recorded and distributed…
MUTARE – Mutare music promoter Esau Mupfumi has pressed fraud charges against controversial Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love who yet again failed to perform as scheduled at The Platinum on Saturday. Soul Jah Love had agreed to hold the show — dubbed “Chibaba baba Apology Show” to compensate for failing to turn up for another…
HARARE – In Zimbabwe, just like elsewhere in the world, awards entice a lot of scrutiny due to the divergent views on who should be honoured and more importantly the criteria that should determine laureates. Given the fact that the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) are the country’s only multidisciplinary arts gongs it is not…
HARARE – Gospel star Takesure Zamar Ncube, who featured on the Joyous Celebration live DVD in South Africa in December last year, is assembling a 30-member choir. Ncube’s Worship Addicts recently held auditions which attracted over 300 hopefuls. The rising group’s producer Tremier Msipa, Nolan Kahonde and Rumbidzai Sengwayo conducted the auditions. Ncube, who fronts…
HARARE – Organisers of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) say the Outstanding Male Musician and Female Musician Awards are not necessarily given to artistes who have released the most successful albums. Dendera music star Suluman Chimbetu was heckled at the Nama ceremony held at 7 Arts Theatre on Valentine’s Day when he went to…
