JITI music has an element of mischief from the lyrics to the dance and this should not be interpreted as obscenities, singer Baba Harare has said. He said this in response to some sections which feel some of his songs are obscene. Baba Harare said jiti music has always been part of the country’s culture…
SOUTH Africa-based songbird Gugulethu Khumalo popularly known as Berita has released a duet song Siyathandana with South African Amanda Black which is off her fourth studio album. The two musicians, whose careers both started in East London where they were neighbours for many years, are now giving their fans what they’ve been asking for through…
A classic video born out of collaboration between celebrated South African multi-talented musician Vukani Khoza and Bulawayo songbird Sandra Ndebele is out. Titled Impilo, the video which was recently shot by Keith Bennett in the neighbouring country and released last Friday is already trending on social media platforms. The latest collaboration with Khoza comes hard…
THE life of Afro-pop musician Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa, who died aged 31 last week after succumbing to lung cancer, will be celebrated tonight at the Jam Session at City Sports Bar in Harare. Following Musarurwa’s recent burial at his rural home in Musarurwa Village, Zvimba, various artistes have come together in a non-profiteering show to…
AFRO-POP musician Jeys Marabini has expressed his deep pain at losing almost the entire band through death in a development that he described as heart breaking. Marabini has been in the arts industry for over two decades and formed his live performing band in 2002. Sadly, from his original band that performed at Amakhosi Theatre…
BLACK Umfolosi’s founding member, Sotja Moyo, has revealed that he will not be set apart from the group he helped give birth to. This comes after last year he embarked on a solo project in a development meant to revive the Kalanga language and culture. Having been paying particular attention to his solo project, Moyo…
THE 2019 winners of the Twins Zimbabwe; Mayor and Lawyer Katona, 35 from Mudzi are optimistic that the pageant will in future attract sponsorship. This comes as the 2018 crowned queens Michelle and Michaela Chipoyera, 22 from Mazowe failed to make the trip to China where they had been offered scholarships because they could not…
BEING crowned Miss Tourism Global City 2019 at a pageant held in Guangdong China last year was a milestone for Harare’ top model Sindiso Ndlovu, 25 and she believes the sky is the limit for her modelling career. The reigning queen managed to scoop the crown ahead of models from 63 different countries from around…
IN THE pre and post-independence era jazz music was part and parcel of Bulawayo’s magnificent history. Back then, the inhabitants of Kontuthu Ziyathunqa could be easily identified by their insatiable love for the genre. Bulawayo’s historical halls such as Stanley Hall, McDonalds Hall, Mabutweni and Luveve Hall back then used to be a hive of…
SHOWBIZ practitioners contend Zimdancehall singer Soul Jah Love’s confession and call for spiritual help to overcome drug and substance abuse could just be a tip of the iceberg with medical institutions reporting that more than 290 000 Zimbabwean youths are hooked on drugs and substance abuse. Soul Jah Love’s plight recently trended on various media…
