HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Jean Masters has challenged female artistes to match the hype and style associated with album launches by established male music stars. The songstress believes female artistes have a lot to learn from Jah Prayzah’s marketing blitz of the his forthcoming album titled Mudhara Vachauya which is set to be launched at…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga says the national pageant’s tainted reputation is scaring away beautiful girls. Under Chiwenga’s watch, Miss Zimbabwe 2014 Thabiso Phiri and Miss Zimbabwe 2015 Emily Kachote were dethroned over nude pictures allegations. The wife of Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Chiwenga told the Daily News that despite their…
HARARE – Music stars Alexio Kawara, Pah Chihera, Thembalami and Zimpraise will perform at the Diana Mugadza Kidney Transplant Fundraising Concert to be hosted by Dzivaresekwa Methodist Church in Zimbabwe tomorrow. The fundraising concert, which will run between 9am and 6pm,is part of efforts to raise over $30 000 for Mugadza to undergo a kidney…
HARARE – The annual Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Festival, which features 10 provincial champions, will explode at Bulawayo’s White City Stadium tomorrow. This year’s edition has been spiced up by the increase of the first prize from $4 000 to $7 000, the second prize from $3 000 to $5 000 while the third prize…
HARARE – Dendera music star Suluman Chimbetu and his Orchestra Dendera Kings will begin a tour of Midlands province tonight with a gig at Junior Sports Bar in Gokwe before heading to the Midlands Hotel in Gweru tomorrow night. After the two gigs in Midlands, the Sean Timba singer will return to Harare on Sunday…
HARARE – Kwekwe-based sungura artiste Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo’s plan to record a new album and a DVD this year is proving to be a tall order due to the continued loss of key members. Moyo’s manager Sukol Dube told the Daily News after Young Igwe’s performance at the City Sports Centre last Saturday that…
HARARE – Veteran pole dancer Zoey Sifelani and radio presenter Phathisani Sibanda will be the star attractions at the birthday bash of Club Archies’ manager Kudakwashe Mawonedzo set to take place at the Harare club tomorrow. Mawonedzo, who is turning 33, is confident that the two will make her birthday party one to remember. “I…
HARARE – Motswana songbird Slizer will hold two concerts in Zimbabwe this coming weekend. Slizer’s local manager, Gift Petro, told the Daily News that the popular dancer-cum-singer will perform in Beitbridge and Zvishavane over the weekend. “She will be performing in Beitbridge on Friday and in Zvishavane on Saturday. This is not the first time…
HARARE – Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), which cancelled its 2016 edition in a bid to “reinvent itself,” has made a public appeal for donations. Hifa founder and artistic director Manuel Bagorro made the appeal for donations on his Facebook page. “Please, donate to Hifa. The festival is an amazing annual celebration of…
HARARE – Urban grooves legend Decibel says the genre is not dead but has metamorphosed into various music styles. Decibel, whose hits Nakai and Chido made him the darling of music fans in the early 2000s, told the Daily News on Sunday that those who are “harping” about the demise of urban grooves are doing…
