Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw FORMER dancehall and reggae singer Hilcardin has made a surprise switch to traditional music. In a way to bid farewell to his fans, his tunes will remain only on YouTube and those are the last dancehall songs people are going to hear from him. He told the Daily News: “This…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa-based hip-hop star King98 has cushioned fellow musicians with food hampers and cash which can last them some weeks. This comes as the local arts industry is grounded due to national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown put in place by the government in March to curb the virus from spreading. As…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw HIP-HOP artiste Nonkululeko Vundla, 35 aka Black Bird has released a new album titled Bantu Queen which is a collection of 14 songs sung in six different languages. This project comes as she commemorates 10 years since the release of her debut album The Rappetizer. In an interview with the…
PAKARE Paye Arts Centre-bred singer Mbeu and Mhodzi Tribe will on Saturday serenade online music fans as he officially launches his digital partnership with MunMac. Mbeu’s manager Eugene Museredza said this partnership is among several interventions that the musician has been focussing on during the national lockdown period. “The global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic…
MBIRA singer Hope Masike is delighted that her first book Ask Me Again is now available on Amazon. The book is a collection of 36 poems. Masike said: “Get snuggled into it and discover a world of words, womanhood and my lovely home, Zimbabwe. Other alternative ways of purchasing it; you can purchase the PDF…
AWARD-winning film Cook Off is set to be the first Zimbabwean film to be screened on internationally-acclaimed movie site Netflix. Netflix is an American trend setting Internet entertainment platform with over 150 million paid members and screens movies and television shows from across the world. Written by Tomas Brickhill and directed by Joe Njagu, Cook Off centres around a…
Chasing the Wind By Phillip Chidavaenzi, Harare, Royalty Books, 2019. ISBN: 978-0-7974-7594—6 (Paperback) 231 pages EDMORE ZVINONZWA – PHILLIP Chidavaenzi’s rendition, Chasing the Wind — whichever angle you view it from — marks a phenomenal graduation from his past texts in a number of ways. The currency that characterises the narrative makes it all the…
©️ DANCEHALL music star Winky D charmed many on Wednesday night during the online Gara Mumba Iwe Concert when he jumped on stage clad in an outfit out of the trending television series, Money Heist. The series traces two carefully-prepared heists led by the Professor (Álvaro Morte) ― the first on the Royal Mint of…
Blessing Masakadza LIFESTYLE WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zwSEVERAL local celebrities have assisted vulnerable members of society who have been hit hard by coronavirus, (Covid-19) which has claimed the lives of over 270 000 and infected close to 4 million worldwide. Last week youthful dancehall singer Killer T donated food hampers to about 100 elderly people in the Harare…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle Writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean gospel music artiste and minister Clifford “Cliff M” Mugarisi, 30, has captured the imagination of fans across the continent, thanks to his unique work. Cliff M, who hails from Zvishavane, infuses elements from genres such as rock, worship, electro, house, Afro-Beat and rhumba into his music which…
