Entertainment

Tanyaradzwa MarabadaENTERTAINMENT WRITER A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed the state-of-the-art Ster-Kinekor auditorium in Borrowdale, Harare on Saturday when the Mugabe movie finally premiered four years after it was shot. This followed the announcement that three of the movie makers — Faith Mukorera, Emmanuel Mbirimi and Sitshengisiwe Siziba — died well before the film saw the light…

Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERDmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw DESPITE putting together a formidable line-up, gospel music star Sabastian Magacha failed in his au- dacious bid to attract a bumper crowd to his album launch held on Saturday at the 4500-seater Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Despite roping in a stellar cast of popular artistes such as Jah Prayzah, gospel artiste…

REVERED dancehall singer Winky D,’s much hyped ‘ghetto return’ lived to the billing with scores of people converging at Werras Park on Saturday. He is loved and where ever he goes people come and the following cuts across generations. His act is flawless, people sing along and dance to all of his songs which proves…

Tanyaradzwa Marabada SOUTH Africa-based music producer and founder of JBross Entertainment Tendai Joe has inked a global distribution deal with The Orchard — a subsidiary of Sony Music. The distribution deal is expected to empower both local and regional artists. “The deal was part of JBross Entertainment goals. We felt there was a need to…

Tanyaradzwa MarabadaENTERTAINMENT WRITERmarabadat@dailynews.co.zw RISING songstress Feli Nandi, Takura, Ishan, Ti Gonzi and Nyasha David will be the star attractions at the inaugural Amplifaya Festival to be held at Rainbow Towers’ Heritage Adventure Park on September 3. The festival, being organised by Gateway Stream Music in partnership with Earground, Zimdancehall stars who include Dobba Don and…

Tanyaradzwa Marabada and Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERS LEGENDARY musician, Tanga Wekwa Sando will share his music life story in a live acoustic session dubbed “Unplugged Sundowner Jam” at Zandi’s restaurant in Belgravia on Sunday. The award winning township music and afro-jazz guru will chronicle his five (5) decade long journey in an acoustically and up-close “just…

Tanyaradzwa MarabadaENTERTAINMENT WRITERmarabadat@dailynews.co.zw GOSPEL musician Sabastian Magacha will officially unveil his seventh career album — I am Favoured — tomorrow at Harare International Conference Centre. The high-profile launch will include cameo performances by Jah Prayzah, Gemma Griffiths, Herman and Madam Boss as part of efforts to bring a big crowd to the 4 500-seater venue.“I…

Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMDANCEHALL chanter Seh Calaz  is set to awaken the sleepy mining town of Kadoma next week with a belated birthday bash at Odysseys Hotel. The Yala Nation boss, who turned 32 on August 2, will celebrate the milestone on August 27  with a gig that will also feature Voltz JT, Van Choga,…