HARARE – Female artistes say their failure to make a mark at the Zimdancehall Awards held at Club 1+1 Longcheng last week was largely caused by the negative perception of women musicians by society. The only female winner was Darula who came tops in the category reserved for women — the Best Female Musician Award….
HARARE – “Never despise the day of humble beginnings” — the proverbial and conventional saying applies well to multi-award winning Zimdancehall artiste Killer T as he started off as a mere commuter omnibus conductor. Killer T, real name Kelvin Kusikwenyu who recently won four awards at the Zimdancehall Awards held at Club 1+1 in the…
HARARE – Award-winning gospel artiste Blessing Shumba launched his fifth and latest album titled Calvary at Mutare’s Golden Peacock Hotel last Friday. The album was unveiled at a colourful event officiated by Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene. Shumba believes his 12-track fifth album is laden with potential hits. “I strongly believe in the project…
HARARE – Zambezi News co-creators Comrade Fatso and Outspoken will address the Ted Conference in Belgium on March 25 alongside other respected thinkers from all over the world. The annual event brings together “the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes.” Previous Ted speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall,…
BULAWAYO – Celebrated South Africa-based guitarist and vocalist Louis Mhlanga, who lit up the Harare Jazz Festival in September last year, is returning to Zimbabwe as part of a tour that will take him to five southern African countries. The Zimbabwe-born guitar wizard, who is touring with Malagasy accordionist Régis Gizavo, will kick off the…
HARARE – South Africa-based Zimdancehall artiste King Labash’s recently-released video titled Zvakumberi has made the grade on Trace TV. Labash’s marketing manager, Hillary Punchline Mutake, told the Daily News that the video’s success “is a fitting reward to the investment made in the project”. “The video was shot in South Africa and was sponsored by…
HARARE – Controversial radio, stage and screen actor Clifford Makonese, 34 popularly known as Spugah Dhibhura has seen it all in radio and stage drama dating back to 1999. Since 1999, Dhibhura has featured in more than 16 radio programmes on the former Radio 2 now known as Radio Zimbabwe. Some of the popular programmes…
HARARE – Yesteryear Pantsula musician Taso has criticised Zimdancehall artistes for lacking creativity. The artiste, who was born Shepherd Kunodziya, told the Daily News that the bulk of songs by Zimdancehall artistes are replete with trivial issues. “I do not see any value in the new genre (Zimdancehall) as the bulk of the artistes tend…
BULAWAYO – Poet and women rights activist Albert Nyathi yesterday began a nationwide tour to audition for a multilingual 20-track album of gender-sensitive and non-sexist songs. The award-winning artist told the Daily News that the project, which seeks to promote gender equality, will be anchored by a documentary. “The major objective of the project is…
HARARE – Killer T and Winky D — arguably the hottest Zimdancehall artistes over the last year — will go head-to-head in five categories at the Zimdancehall Awards on tonight at 1+1 Long Cheng Plaza. The two red-hot artistes are headed for a bruising showdown in the Best Artist 2016 (man), Best Collaboration, Song of…
