HARARE – Many people wonder why many artists are not generally-well off despite the fact that their works or concerts generate a lot of money. This article looks at how artists sell their creations. In less structured communities, it is possible that artistes can create, produce, market and sell their own works by themselves. In…
HARARE – Gary Tight Muponda, son of Afro-jazz star Wilbroad ‘Willom Tight’ Muponda, is an exceptionally talented musician. Recently the elder Tight revealed how his son, now 19, started singing meaningfully at the tender age of three. But if ever there were people who thought the Ndinoda Wangu hit-maker was inflating the singing abilities of…
HARARE – Afro-Jazz artiste Alexio Kawara says he has forgiven the motorist who knocked him down along Second Street in December last year in an accident that left him nursing a broken leg. The Shaina hit-maker is learning to cope with the accident that resulted in his right leg getting broken in into two. “The…
HARARE – Gifted Abigail “Aby Christ” Matamba, a product of Christ Embassy’s talent-laden gospel music programme, proved her mettle during the live recording of her debut album titled I Testify recently. The live recording at the packed Reps Theatre was facilitated by some of the best sound engineers in Zimbabwe, including Tamie Bima, Mbaki Nleya…
HARARE – Pamela Samasuwo-Nyawiri, a Zimbabwean fashion accessory designer based in the United Kingdom, has been nominated for the prestigious Vogue and Muuse Talents Young Vision Accessories Award. The former journalist, who is among 180 selected from a pool of 10 000 applicants, is being considered for ‘The Best Emerging International Fashion Accessories Designer’. The…
HARARE – Sungura star Alick Macheso will be presented with $1 200 and a Coca-Cola hamper at the Coca-Cola industrial complex this afternoon. The music star earned the prizes after his song Macharangwanda claimed top spot in the 2013 Radio Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Top 50. Macheso’s hit song which also topped the 2013 National FM’s Top…
KWEKWE – Randal Majaivana, son to self-exiled Zimbabwe music legend Lovemore Majaivana, believes it is now time to revive his father’s music legacy. The Kwekwe-based Randal, 26, who has recorded two albums to date, was sired out of wedlock by the United States of America-based Majaivana with Jennifer Robson. The upcoming musician has joined Derrick…
HARARE – Gospel musician Sabastian Magacha and award-winning Zora star Leonard Zhakata have converted the latter’s hit Gomba Remarara into a gospel song called Kwekuturira. Interestingly, Magacha, who recently returned from a North American tour, did the lead vocals on the remixed song set to be released tomorrow with Zhakata supplying the backing vocals. The…
HARARE – Local strippers will square off against their counterparts based in South Africa in a striptease competition set for the Private Lounge in Harare on Friday. DJ Nash, a resident DJ at the recently-opened club, told the Daily News that the competition would be a perfect platform for local strippers to gauge their skills…
HARARE – Sungura ace Alick Macheso, who will be presented with $1 200 prize-money on Friday for topping the 2013 Radio Zimbabwe Coca Cola Top 50, will celebrate the achievement by launching an album and a recording studio next month. Macheso, along with other winning musicians, will get their prizes on Friday at the Coca…
