HARARE – Rising star Ammara Brown and seasoned afro-pop star Alexio Kawara will perform at the Book Café tonight. The two stunning vocalists are known for their explosive performances. Ammara burst onto the Harare music scene, captivating crowds with her stunning voice and charismatic stage presence. In a short space of time, she has carved…
GWERU – Organisers of the Midlands Arts and Culture Festival (Macfest) have mooted plans to come up with an all-year calendar of events with the hope of making the fiesta attractive to both locals and foreigners. Macfest director Joe Wailer is convinced that lessons learnt during the organisation’s six-year history will make it easier to…
HARARE – Pride Africa Network, a development and research organisation, will donate a posh Jaguar XF car to veteran gospel artiste Mechanic Manyeruke as part of events lined up to celebrate the Moses singer’s 40-year career. The car will be handed over to the 71-year-old artiste on December 19 during a dinner to be held…
HARARE – The adage — they don’t make them like that anymore— aptly sums up how the urban grooves genre has degenerated from the beautiful lyrics of yesteryear to mundane bubble-gum music. Today’s urban groovers have become fixated with self-praise and hate songs. Veteran artiste and Amakhosi Cultural Centre director Cont Mhlanga believes the once…
HARARE – Since time immemorial, musicians have been inventing new genres by combining two or more different styles in exciting and unusual ways. Fusions of different music styles have given birth to nearly all the popular music we listen to today. For example dendera borrowed elements from kanindo and sungura dub, funk, and disco, coupled…
HARARE – Gospel star Mathias Mhere’s recently-launched album Nguva Yenyasha has set the country alight with the track Number Busy proving to be the favourite of many. Mhere, who was propelled to fame by his blockbuster album Anoita Minana, told the Daily News yesterday that the track touches on the underlying basis of Christianity. “The…
HARARE – Popular musicians Plaxedes Wenyika and Cindy Munyavi were honoured by the inaugural Women in Enterprise Conference and Awards which took place at the weekend for their contribution to Zimbabwe’s arts and culture sector. Wenyika walked away with the first prize with the colourful Munyavi scooping the first runner-up position in the inaugural awards…
HARARE – Dino Mudondo, one of Zimbabwe’s most promising young musicians will launch a new album today at Harare’s City Sports Bar. Born on August 7, 1978 Mudondo began playing percussion for the senior school choir while in Form 2. He teamed up with renowned producer Delani Makhalima in 2000 to form the group Second…
HARARE – Hip-hop artistes Stunner, Maskiri, Jnr Brown, Mudiwa and Tehn Diamond will battle it out in the People’s Choice Awards of the Zim Hip-Hop Awards set for December 11 at 7 Arts in Harare. The People’s Choice Award is among 25 categories to be contested in the third edition of the Zim Hip-Hop Awards…
HARARE – Stunning vocalist Eve Kawadza will deliver an African interpretation of the classic songs of Edith Piaf and Ella Fitzgerald at Alliance Française’s Old Mutual Theatre on Friday. The show titled “A Tribute to Edith and Ella” will feature Eve belting out the passionate songs of renowned French singer Piaf, and the great American…
