© POPULAR dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda and red-hot dancehall star Enzo Ishall have been denied UK visas, hence cancellation of shows. Bev and Enzo were scheduled to showcase during Africa Day at a concert featuring dancehall star Freeman, South Africa’s Mlindo the Vocalist and Naak Musiq. [GoogleAd] Unfortunately for Enzo, his UK curse continues after…
© WHILE the bulk of musicians are “too busy” for their fans, legendary musician Leonard Zhakata aka Zora spared a day travelling to Karoi from the capital to bury one of his fans over the weekend. Zhakata’s fan, Ronnie “Mwene” Makore was hit by a car in the capital on Friday afternoon and he died on…
© SUNGURA musician Peter Moyo says he is keeping his late father Tongai’s music legacy alive and his forthcoming album is testimony to that. Titled Mwana WeMurozvi, the album will be launched this Thursday at East Point in the capital. The late Tongai “Igwe” Moyo was referred to as Murozvi Mukuru, borrowed from his Rozvi…
© FILMMAKER Moses Matanda, famed for his controversial film Chinhoyi 7, is back with a second production titled Eagles In This House which will be premiered at Ster-kinekor, Eastgate in the capital. Matanda said the new film which will be released end of next month is meant to fight child abuse in the society. [GoogleAd]…
© SUNGURA music giant Alick Macheso says his heart bleeds for Orchestra Mberikwazvo talented former dancer Peter Kagomera who has fallen on hard times. [GoogleAd] Macheso said Kagomera likes sniffing glue but he is nonetheless mulling giving him a last chance with his band. Kagomera is a talented dancer who made his name at Macheso’s ensemble…
© THIS is the third and last instalment continued from last week on some of Zimbabwe’s blacklisted songs from the 70s up until the 2000s as authorities tried in vain to control artistic voices. THE late Simon Chimbetu, although working closely with the government back then in the early 2000 had one of his songs…
© MY friend Jasen Mphepho built a theatre. No, really. A new space for all of us to come together, tell stories and listen to the lines and catch the colours of the sunsets and sunrises living in-between the words and sentences and stories. What a brilliant and beautiful thing, a theatre. [GoogleAd] For me,…
© AS THE late master of song, Oliver Mtukudzi lies quietly in his grave — thousands of music fans continue to talk about him — as his good works have somehow been sullied by personal decisions. [GoogleAd] His will in which he bequeathed everything to his widow Daisy continues to be a subject of much…
© IT TAKES prodigious talent to succeed whether collectively or as an individual. [GoogleAd] However, where there is huge work ethic, driven by different skills resident in a team — it is often difficult to try and replicate the same success — if one tries to embark on a solo journey. This, at least judging…
© AFRO-POP songstress Thamsanqa Moyo, popularly known as Tammy in music circles, has teamed up with her sisters in music — Ammara Brown and Gemma Griffiths — for a concert slated next month in the capital. The Tammy Experience concert is scheduled for The Venue, an upscale joint in Harare, on June 6. [GoogleAd] The…
