MUTARE – Seven Mutare youth groups have teamed up to form a 40-member interdenominational choir called Power to Worship. The multi-genre choral group, which is similar to the popular Harare-based ZimPraise, will be officially launched in August this year. Power to Worship president, Hewitt Chigeza, 20, told the Daily News that the choir’s first album…
HARARE – Over 20 performance poets will clash at the Book Café on Saturday during the monthly House of Hunger Poetry Slam. The afternoon event will bring together poets from Harare and beyond in this month’s edition which will celebrate the World Poetry Movement. Participants in the House of Hunger Poetry Slam will be judged…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi is an entertainer on demand. The 62-year-old musician, who has over 61 albums under his name, begins his busy weekend schedule tonight by headlining the first anniversary celebrations of The Centurion, an upmarket pub and bar located opposite Harare Sports Club. Tuku’s manager, Sam Mataure, told the Daily…
HARARE – Organisers of the inaugural Jesus in Jazz Concert say the event, set for the Rainbow Cinema on Saturday, will trigger a wider appreciation of jazz among gospel music fans. The unique concert put together by Shownation Entertainment Company will feature RnB artiste Audius Mtawarira, Cynthia Mare, the Celebration Choir and award-winning gospel music…
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HARARE – As I entered the newly-relaunched Archies Nightclub in Harare last Friday, I felt like I had been dropped right into a sexy fantasy world filled with glamorous girls and curious boys. The club was full to the brim, the air was thick with disco smoke, and ladies tried to outshine each other on…
HARARE – Gweru-based sculptor Forbes Mushipe could fail to exhibit his works at the National Art Galleries in Bulawayo due to lack of funds. Mushipe, who is scheduled to exhibit alongside Bulawayo-based award-winning artist Israel Israel in August, told the Daily News yesterday that he is battling to raise the $5 000 required for making…
HARARE – Assegai Crew, widely regarded as one of the best bands to emerge out of Mutare, will launch a new album Tauyahe (The Comeback) at the Book Café tomorrow. The reggae band from the Eastern border city, that popularised Ragga Manyika, is returning with a six-track album that the group is confident will help…
HARARE – Veteran playwright and novelist Aaron Chiundura-Moyo will unveil his 16th play, Kereke Inofa, during the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) that will take place in Harare from July 28 to August 2. Booklove, the organisation publishing the new play, told the Daily News that they are proud to be associated with the celebrated…
HARARE – Gospel star Stanley “Pastor G” Gwanzura will celebrate his 15 years in music with a live DVD shoot at 7 Arts Theatre on Saturday. The gentle giant of Zimbabwean gospel music, whose debut album Tariro was released in 2000, is celebrating an illustrious career that saw him releasing 11 albums. Pastor G, who…
