HARARE – When I listened to Plumtree-based music group Tanga Pasi last month at the Book Cafe, it evoked memories of my first encounter with Mokoomba in 2008 during the Music Crossroads finals in the Harare Gardens. Tanga Pasi’s beautiful harmonies bowled me over just like the then Victoria Falls-based Mokoomba had done five years…
HARARE – Rising music star Alexio Kawara is chuffed to have been asked by South African singer Zahara to stand in for George Munetsi on the song Incwadi Ncane on Saturday night. South Africa-based Zimbabwean DJ Munetsi who did the Shona lyrics on the song was unavailable leading the South African songbird to send an…
HARARE – Twenty female dance groups will clash at City Sports Bar tonight in a competition to mark International Women’s Day. Harpers Mapimhidze of Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (DAZ) is delighted because Zimbabwe’s top female dancers have agreed to honour such a significant day in the fight for gender equality. “Since we are in March,…
HARARE – One of urban grooves pioneers, Sanii Makhalima has gone broke. The talented Usadaro hi-maker who used to run a recording studio where he produced and recorded music for other musicians in the early 2000, can hardly afford to record his own albums now. His Umsindo Studio situated along Jason Moyo Avenue in Harare…
HARARE – Rising music star Jah Prayzah will launch his forthcoming album Tsviriyo in the United Kingdom early next month. The 10-track album will be launched on March 27 in Harare after which the 25-year-old Uzumba-born artiste, who put up an impressive act during Sunday’s Zimbabwe National Army Charity Shield at Rufaro stadium, will fly…
HARARE – Gospel star Sebastian Magacha wants to use his tour of the United States next month to create a foothold in that huge market. Magacha will leave for the US on March 10 where he will stage three shows. The gospel star’s US tour will start at Celebration International DPW in Texas. The Ridza…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu is convinced that at long last he is now his own man after years of living in the shadow of his late legendary father Simon Chimbetu. Sulu‘s fourth album Syllabus released in November last year, particularly the hit-song Sean Timba with its popular chorus line Batai Munhu, has captured…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo queen of dance Sandra Ndebele, who launched her sixth album at Rainbow Hotel in Bulawayo at the weekend, has justified her blend of secular and gospel music. The former Iyasa prodigy told guests at her album launch who included Small and Medium Scale Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni, Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) chief…
BULWAYO – Treble National Arts Merit Award (Nama) winner Suluman Chimbetu used his first show in Bulawayo in the last four years to show why he is Zimbabwe’s musician of the moment. The young dendera music heir befittingly made a triumphant return to Zimbabwe’s cultural hub with a show at Amakhosi Cultural Centre. Sulu conceded…
HARARE – We all know where we were when we heard the news. Cast your minds back to judges’ houses of the X Factor UK 2010, and the moment Cheryl Cole sent the entire world into meltdown as she told Gamu Nhengu she wasn’t going through to live shows. Yup, cue Gamugate and everyone going…
