HARARE – Members of the Police Support Unit allegedly stormed a Zimdancehall birthday bash in Mbare on Sunday night and arrested 60 people after the event had exceeded the authorised 11pm limit. DJ Malovers, who hosted the contentious gig that featured Zimdancehall stars, including Killer T and Lady Squanda, told the Daily News yesterday that…
HARARE – Music legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi is a is a tough-as-nails artiste who has seen it all over the last four decades but he could not help shedding a tear or two when upcoming musician Gary Tight performed a song by his late son Sam at Maestro Restaurant on Thursday night. [GoogleAd] In honour…
HARARE – Edgar Langeveldt is widely regarded as the Zimbabwean comedian. The multi-talented Bulawayo-born artist was the forerunner of professional comedy on the local scene and went on to win the Prince Claus Award in 2005 that came with whopping 25 000 Euros. Daily News on Sunday’s Sharon Muguwu (SM) recently shad a candid interview…
HARARE – Musicians Jah Prayzah and Suluman Chimbetu, rank among the top crowd pullers on the local showbiz but are becoming a bit greedy as witnessed on Saturday when they short-changed music fans by performing at three different venues each. Imagine that on this eventful Saturday Jah Prayzah first performed in Kadoma, then at the…
HARARE – Simad Entertainment director Simba Madziva says the Harare Lockdown Concert, which this year is featuring South African music stars Mafikizolo and Zambia’s Roberto, is expected to include more countries next year. The annual event began last year with a gig in which South African musicians Mafikizolo and Zahara shared the stage with top…
BULAWAYO – Receiving a staggering eight Zimbabwe Hip-Hop Awards nominations and another one from the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) has emboldened Bulawayo-born rapper Cal_Vin to declare: Now it’s my time! The Luveve-born artiste, who was born Calvin Mgcini Nhliziyo 29 years ago, believes the nominations demonstrate that he is now a national star. [GoogleAd] “The nine…
HARARE – After lying low for the past four years, gospel musician Bethen Pasinawako-Ngolomi has bounced back into the limelight. Bethen has just released a potentially-explosive eight-track album titled Paita Nyasha that was produced by her husband Lyton Ngolomi. [GoogleAd] The eight-track album is in the running for this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe Music Awards…
HARARE – Zora music star Leonard Zhakata says music fans should not expect the glut of new albums that used to flood the country every festive season. Years back sungura artistes who included the late greats Leonard Dembo, John Chibadura, System Tazvida, and Simon Chimbetu as well as living music heroes like Nicholas Zakaria, Alick Macheso and…
HARARE – Award-winning South African songstress Zahara left revellers in the capital yearning for more at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Saturday night. Although she took long to appear on the stage, when South Africa’s hottest property in the music industry finally did — towards midnight — the appreciative crowd in the giant HICC…
HARARE – Chigiyo music, which was popularised by the once-popular Zig Zag band, has made a strong comeback courtesy of a Gweru-based artist Clayton Jonasi, 36. Jonasi, who is popularly known as Chaki in music circles, is riding high on his debut album titled Chaki Volume 1 which has seen him being nominated for the…
