FIVE-TIME Grammy Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, South African house duo Black Motion, fast-rising amapiano artiste Daliwonga and red-hot Ammara Brown are part of 30 musicians who will perform at the Stanbic Jacaranda Music Festival to run at Old Hararians from October 6 to 8. The popular annual event, which is organised by Ngoma Nehosho,…
RISING songbird Feli Nandi, whose Mubayei remix is currently the most trending Zimbabwean song on Youtube, will represent the country at the Music In Africa Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases (ACCES) to be held in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam in November. ACCES, a music industry trade showcase that creates a platform to exchange ideas, discover…
PRIEST Wellness Luxury Store, a provider of luxury wellness products and services in the region, opened its first local outlet in Harare on Friday. The launch of the skin care brand, founded by South Africa-based Zimbabwean socialite Luminista Jemwa, was a star-studded affair graced by several local businesspeople and social influencers who included Zodwa Mkandla.Luminista…
LOCAL reggae outfit Transit Crew will be the centre of attraction at the forthcoming and third edition of the Braaioutzw Friends festival set for this month-end at Kingfisher Park in the capital. The celebrated group founded by the late Munyaradzi “Ras Munya” Nyemba, Nicholas “Samaita” Zindi, Antony Liba and Munya Brown — the Jamaican British…
CHILDREN’S Performing Arts Workshop (Chipawo) director Chipo Basopo has announced that she is leaving the organisation to pursue other interests. Basopo, who served the organisation for two decades, paid homage to the founders of Chipawo — the late Steve Chifunyise and Robert Maclaren. “As I officially bid farewell to Chipawo, which has not been an…
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean artiste Mr Brown is happy with the way collaborating with top RnB singer Akon has opened new windows of opportunities in his musical career. Gweru-born Mr Brown, real name Lynol Siwela, added a dash of the Amapiano on the remix of Akon’s hit Enjoy That, released a fortnight ago, which has already…
DECORATED Chimurenga musician Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo has finally released his new studio album Ndikutambire. The latest project, released on Sunday, comprises 14 tracks. “This album is for the Chimurenga fans. I would like to thank them for their unwavering support. Some familiar track names such as Pidigori and Mvura Ngainaye are new mbira infused versions,”…
TWENTY-THREE YEAR-OLD model, Dyless Singini, will represent the country at the second edition of Miss Tourism Africa, a prestigious international pageant, to be held in Nigeria next month. The event slated for between September 24 and October 1, will feature other models from countries such as Liberia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Guinea, Togo, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia,…
THE inaugural Simon Chimbetu Music Festival, an event meant to honour the late Dendera music icon Simon Chimbetu, has been postponed to give the organisers of the event adequate time to prepare. Sulumani “Sulu” Chimbetu, the late music legend’s son, said the event which was pencilled for August 14 — the day his father breathed…
THE followers of the late music pioneer and national hero, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, were in for a treat over the weekend at Sherwood Golf Club, where his daughter, Selmor launched her eighth studio album, Selmor 4.0. Hundreds of fans thronged the venue to get a taste of the new album, which is made up of…
