GWERU – A crowd of 15 000 will certainly guarantee rich pickings for any local artiste offering music that meets expectations of the Midlands State University (MSU) students. But to think that no one has tried meeting the expectations of this crowd borders on the unbelievable but curiously that’s what it is in Gweru. Music…
HARARE – Heralded and unheralded artistes combined efforts to pay tribute to fallen legendary musician James Chimombe in Harare at a weekend event that enthralled music fans. Musicians took turns to perform their acts in between speeches and life history of Chimombe, aptly told by his widow before hundreds of fans at Warren Park’s Hilltop…
HARARE – Tinashe “Captain Awesome” Tangwanda (28) and Alexis “Lexy-Alexis” Ndingindwayo (26), co-presenters of The Heartbeat on ZiFM, say Zimdancehall will only reach higher echelons if it ceases to be repetitive. The eloquent duo, who took over The Heartbeat show from Marc Mandisoul and V Candy who are no longer with ZiFM, want dancehall producers…
LONDON – I love being a Zimbo. I often encounter my countrymen who lie that they are South African. This is particularly popular in the diaspora where certain ”idiotic’ individuals are so consumed with foreign culture they deny who they are perhaps in an attempt to avoid the question that usually comes up: How is…
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwean filmmaker, Muchaneta Manyengavana, whose first film recently won an award at the Silicon Africa Film Festival in the United States of America, believes she has begun a journey to stardom. My Zulu Lessons, a film directed by Manyengavana-a former Daily News and Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) journalist-recently landed the Emerging Film Maker…
HARARE – South Africa-based Zimbabwean dancehall star Thabani“Buffalo Souljah” Ndlovu, who has won five Channel O Africa Music Video Award in the Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall category, has quit music. Buffalo Souljah announced his decision to retire from music in a whatsapp message to his fans yesterday. “I have finally decided to from the music…
HARARE – Controversial dancer-cum-musician Beverly “Bev” Sibanda could be dragged to court for failing to perform at H and J Night Club in Seke despite receiving advance payment for the concert. Shumirai Mwale, the entertainment joint’s manager, told the Daily News they were already in the process of taking Bev who pocketed $300 from the…
HARARE – Tocky Vibes and Soul Jah Love will headline a dancehall concert set for Bindura’s Tendai Hall on November 21. The gig, being hosted by Stereo 1 International, will also feature Bounty Lisa and several other chanters. Tocky Vibes, who was born Obey Makamure, will no doubt be the star of what organisers say…
GWERU – Music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi celebrated the honorary doctorate in philosophy, ethnomusicology and choreography conferred on him by Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) with a scintillating show in Gweru on Friday night. The 62-year-old music legend thrilled fans who thronged the Midlands Hotel despite having driven from Masvingo where he had been capped by President…
BULAWAYO – Imbube and mbaqanga outfit, Black Umfolosi, left for a one-month tour of Canada yesterday which will take them to several cities in the North American country. The veteran Bulawayo outfit, which traditionally tours either Europe or America at least twice a year, left through South Africa buoyed by the Zimbabwe Music Award (Zima)…
