HARARE – After years of playing second fiddle to Zimdancehall, sungura finally got the better of the former, albeit on the soccer field. Sungura artistes ganged-up with musicians from other music genres and beat a team made up of Zimdancehall artistes 5-3 in a hilarious game sponsored by Savanna Tobacco. Upcoming gospel musician Nicholas Chirunga,…
HARARE – Mbira star Hope Masike has released a video for her hit Ndinewe just a week after winning the 2015 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Video of the Year gong for the song Huyai Tinamate. The Ndinewe video, directed by Charles Maungwa, who also did the Nama-winning video for Huyai Tinamate, was uploaded on…
HARARE – Sungura music star Alick Macheso says if you are a farmer and always having problems with baboons stealing your maize, change tactics and grow tobacco instead. Macheso said music pirates in the country — like such baboons — were left empty handed recently after he withheld his long-awaited music album which they had…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Jah Cure could finally hold his maiden concert in Zimbabwe at the end of April. The internationally-acclaimed artiste, who is regarded as King of Lovers Rock and Roots Reggae, will perform at the Glamis Arena on April 29 in a gig dubbed “Together As One.” The Unconditional Love singer is…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda will embark on a three-week tour of South Africa next week. Bev’s manager Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze told the Daily News that the tour was being facilitated by Cape Town-based Jimalo Entertainment. “We have found a new lucrative market in South Africa. We are holding our farewell gig on…
HARARE – Zanu PF cancelled a fund-raising musical gala for President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday celebrations due to poor planning by the organisers. The gala, that was scheduled to take place at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on February 12, was being organised by the Zanu PF youth league. Zanu PF secretary for youth…
HARARE – The National Merit Awards (Nama) 2016 was quite a spectacle happening on the eve of Valentine’s Day and what a coincidence that the two men ruling the roast on the night, Jah Prayzah and Winky D came donning red — the colour of love. Winky D, who won the People’s Choice Award and…
HARARE – Ghanaian reggae star Blakk Rasta, 41, will be the star performer at the seventh edition of Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) to be held on February 25 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). The 2009 winner of the National Award for Cultural Excellence (Ghana) broke onto the music scene with the album Rasta…
HARARE – Music stars Jah Prayzah and Winky D, along with New Zealand-based playwright Stanley Makuwe, picked two National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) gongs apiece on Saturday night at 7 Arts Theatre. Jah Prayzah walked away with the Outstanding Album Award for Jerusarema in addition to the Outstanding Male Musician accolade while the Ninja President…
HARARE – Tonight more than 20 mbira groups will descend on Dzimbanhete Arts Village on the outskirts of Harare for what the organisers have described as a “special mbira extravaganza.” The show, which has been dubbed “Mbira pilgrimage 2”, will be held in a traditional mbira village set-up in a bid to showcase the “traditional…
