HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu shared the stage with rising Afro-pop artiste Jean Masters aka Sister Jean on Friday at City Sports Bar taking revellers down memory lane with old school tunes. Sister Jean warmed the stage for Chimbetu who recently returned from a joint UK show with Oliver Mtukudzi. [GoogleAd] The songstress belted…
HARARE – South African musician Zahara has hinted on a free collaboration with local artistes, the Daily News can reveal. Zahara is scheduled for a December 5 music concert set for Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) where she will share the stage with star singer Jah Prayzah and dendera sensation Suluman Chimbetu. [GoogleAd] Show promoter,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s leading dancer Beverley ‘‘Bev’’Sibanda is celebrating after winning first place in an Africa-wide reggae dancehall dancing competition held at the Bassline, a popular music venue and club in Johannesburg. Thursday night’s inaugural Dancehall Queen annual competition, organised by Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean-born ragga DJ, Jah Seed, whose real name is Adrian Anesu Mupemhi, provided…
HARARE – Multi-talented artiste Edith “WeUtonga” Katiji ,36, and her sisters Fatima ,31, and Ethel ,29, have pushed the Katiji name to the apex of Zimbabwe’s arts scene thanks to their exploits in music and theatre. Edith, a gifted actress, vocalist and arguably Zimbabwe’s best female bassist, is the most well-known of the trio but…
NORTON – Manicaland’s St Peters Tokoyo Primary School emerged winners of the annual Jikinya Dance Festival after outshining other nine primary schools drawn from the country’s 10 provinces at an event held on Friday at superstar Oliver Mtukudzi’s state-of- the-art Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton. The festival — graced by permanent secretary of Sport,…
HARARE – Several established and upcoming musicians will perform today at Alex Sports Club at a charity event to raise funds for Tichakunda Children’s Home and Yemurai HIV/Aids Support Group. The charity event, that will begin at 11am and will end at 4pm, will feature popular female bassist and singer Edith WeUtonga, DJ Stavo, Diana…
HARARE – Afro-fusion star Progress Chipfumo and songbird Diana Samkange will lead a group of upcoming local artistes set to tour the United Kingdom next weekend. The tour, being organised by Afrodayz Productionz in conjunction with Bimmaseve and Tafara Care Services, will include Zimdancehall artistes Ras Caleb, Don Gaga, Ninja Lipsy and Drum Dada as…
HARARE – Skyz Metro FM, which was licensed in March this year along with seven other radio stations, says it will begin operations in January next year. Qhubani Moyo, the chief executive officer of the newly-licensed radio station, told the Daily News yesterday that the preparations for the launch of the radio station based at…
HARARE – Female bass impresario and Utonga band leader Edith WeUtonga returns to the Zimbabwe-German Society for a special performance tomorrow. Leading her usual ensemble, Edith will also showcase some of her protégés from the Music Crossroads and Star Bright respectively. [GoogleAd] The Mukaranga singer is excited to return to the Zimbabwe-German Society after the…
HARARE – The old adage “Beauty and the Beast” will ring loud tonight as the newly-crowned Mr Ugly, Maison Sere graces the Miss Summer Archies beauty finals set for Archies Night Club tonight. Still celebrating his win at the just-ended Mr Ugly, Sere will tonight attend to his first official assignment duty at the Miss…
