Vasco Chaya & Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITERS THE recent measures announced by government to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will further worsen individual band members’ welfare as they usually rely on live concerts for survival. This comes as the music industry has been under tough lockdown measures since March last year as music…
chayav@dailynews.co.zw RHUMBA musician and dancer Lady Storm also known as Eriza has hit hard times as the Covid-19 national lockdown takes its toll on the arts sector. Real name Lyn Magodo, the musician earned the moniker Eriza after featuring in Jah Prayzah’s video Eriza off the blockbuster studio album Jerusarema. “Things are really tight for…
By Tamary Chikiwa MUSICIANS in the City of Kings are advocating for a Bulawayo version of ‘Nash TV’ saying the Harare television station has greatly assisted artists in the capital during the Covid-19 lockdown. The musicians said there is a need for a Bulawayo-based online music promoter who can help them showcase their talents during…
By Anesu Mirisawu mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw AS COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, the local sculpture industry has been hit hard by the absence of international tourists, who make up the bulk of its customers. Since March last year, Zimbabwe has not been receiving international tourists and local stone sculptors have been producing pieces without any buyers….
Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw THE Covid-19 lockdown has come as a blessing for poet Misheck Jaravaza who together with his close friend Thabo Quedani have had time to put together a collection of their poems. The duo has come up with an amazing poem book titled The Virtuous Demon. “The book serves as an…
NINETY drummers are set to benefit from this year’s edition of Drum Clinic workshop pencilled for February courtesy of Zimbabwe Drum Fiesta. This year’s event will be held virtually in line with Covid-19 national lockdown regulations. “The main purpose of the event is to teach and celebrate Zimbabwean drumming. We will be hosting upcoming, intermediate…
LIFESTYLE WRITERS ZIMBABWE’s multi-award-winning and first generation sculptor Lazarus Takawira has died of Covid-19. The affable Takawira who was known for sculpting images of the finer sex, died in Harare at the age of 69. His son Bernard Takawira yesterday confirmed the sad news to the Daily News from Hampstead, London where he lives. “My father tested…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO Help Network (BHN), a charity organisation has appealed for funding to help ailing Bulawayo Music Festival founder and coordinator Michael Bullivant. The organisation which has since sent a begging bowl locally and in the diaspora is seeking to raise at least US$12 000 for Bullivant’s hip replacement. In a…
Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITER mirisawa@dailynews.co.zw THE Netherlands-based songbird, choreographer and dancer, Vimbai Zimuto, is set to drop a music video on YouTube titled Handigone on Thursday starring South Africa-based actor, comedian and voice artist Leroy Gopal. The songstress, Zimuto who led social media into a meltdown when she posted her nudes, wrote on her social media that…
Vasco Chaya and Anesu Mirisawu LIFESTYLE WRITERS ABOUT 100 musicians from about 1 000 that applied for the Covid-19 Relief Fund last year have received $5 000 each, the Zimbabwe Union of Musicians (Zum) has confirmed. The government unveiled the $10 million fund last year to cushion artists from the effects of the Covid-19-induced national…
