HARARE – Superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, crowd-puller Jah Prayzah and Zim Dancehall stalwart Winky D top the list of over 25 musicians who will perform at this year’s Harare Agricultural Show. Zimbabwe’s premier agricultural show will run from August 22 to 30 under the theme: Sustaining and Transforming Agricultural Growth. Heather Madombwe, the Zimbabwe Agriculture Society…
HARARE – As Peter Moyo struggles to fit into his late father’s musical shoes, Tendai “Dotcom” Chipara has come in as the potential sungura artiste to replace the late legend, Tongai Moyo aka Dhewa. Born 29 years ago in Rushinga, Chipara, who is set to share the stage with sungura ace Alick Macheso in South…
HARARE – Controversial Zimdancehall couple, Soul Jah Love and Bounty Lisa, will be joining South Africa’s Dr Malinga and Uhuru on a United Kingdom (UK) tour. The tour will also comprise Kwekwe-based DJ Stavo and is scheduled for September 12 and 13. The tour will take them to Dunstable and Leeds. While the couple were…
LONDON – It won’t be surprising if cultural historians look back on the first two decades of this century as The ”Era of food craze”. I am speaking of the fetishisation of food, of cooking and eating, of watching other people cooking and eating that has become omnipresent across all platforms and media. We have…
HARARE – After four years of performing alongside several upcoming and established comedians, Victor Mpofu, who is better known as Doc Vikela, will for the first time hold a solo performance at the Alliance Francaise. The Gokwe-born comedian’s show, set for August 7, will run under the theme “Trust me I am a doctor.” Doc…
HARARE – Delta Beverages, the sponsors of the Chibuku Road To Fame, say most of the winners of the music competition have been absorbed by other established groups. Patricia Murambinda, the Delta Beverages marketing manager told the Daily News, that sungura artiste Romeo Gasa is the most visible artiste among the 13 musicians who have…
GWERU – Gweru-based dancehall artiste Legion says self-glorification songs that have become commonplace in Zimdancehall are a total waste of time. Legion, whose real name is Wilton Doba, told the Daily News that Zimdancehall will remain in the shadows until the genre’s artistes realise that bragging about one’s perceive famed is counter-productive. “What my fellow…
HARARE – Eve Ensler, the writer of the play The Vagina Monologues, is in the country as part of the “One Billion Rising” campaign against gender-based violence. Ensler, whose play the The Vagina Monologues has been produced in over 140 countries and in various languages, jetted into Zimbabwe accompanied by prominent theatre director Monique Wilson….
HARARE – Founders of the all-female gig, Kumabhebhi, are unfazed by the amount of criticism aimed at the name of their initiative. The Kumabhebhi concerts, founded two years ago by musicians Cindy Munyavi and Clare Nyakujara to create performing opportunities for women, have drawn the ire of some female artistes who believe the name of…
HARARE – Controversial radio presenter, actress and DJ Tinopona Katsande (Tintin) has blasted people who encroached her personal space. Tintin says she does not have regrets about her leaked sex tape that went viral on social networks. “People say oh she is so strong, but I feel violated, have I dealt with it? People came…
