HARARE – Playing the mbira has kept Canada-based musician Evelyn Mukwedeya in touch with her Zimbabwean roots. Mukwedeya’s mbira-playing prowess has enabled her to create links with internationally acclaimed artistes in Canada from her base in Toronto where she has lived for over a decade. “Being a mbira player has been a big part of…
HARARE – Former Pengaudzoke producer Peter Muparutsa says Daiton Somanje’s death has robbed Zimbabwe of a musician who was instrumental in creating a unique brand of sungura music. Daiton succumbed to meningitis on Tuesday evening at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals at the age of 49. The Mutare-born Muparutsa produced several albums by Pengaudzoke, co-led by…
HARARE – Nhimbe Trust, in partnership with Pamberi Trust and supported by the British Council and Africalia, will launch the Funding Analysis – Modes of Engagement Research Report – conducted and written by Melissa Eveleigh. The launch will be held at the Art Market @ HIFA on April 30. The Report explores opportunities, threats and…
BULAWAYO – ZimPraise, the country’s leading choral group, is set to perform at MegaFest in Dallas, Texas in August at the invitation of televangelist Bishop TD Jakes. The three-day festival that will run from August 20 to 22 is expected to attract more than 85 000 attendees from more than 30 countries. Tendai Zhou, the…
HARARE – This week Zimbabwe remembers legendary sungura musician Leonard “Musorowenyoka” Dembo who died 19 years ago on April 9 aged just 37. Dembo, widely regarded by many as the best sungura musician ever, is perhaps best remembered for his 1991 album Chitekete which sold over 100 000 copies in just three months. The title…
HARARE – It never rains but it pours for Miss Curvy founder and former model Mercy Mushaninga whose properties keep getting auctioned over unpaid debts. Mushaninga’s 2 000 square metre stand located in Charlotte Brooke is going under the hammer on April 10. The imminent auction follows an earlier one that took place on January…
HARARE – Zimbabwean student Joseph Mahiya, the winner of Pan-African DStv Eutelsat Star Awards Essay Category says his victory is “the stuff that dreams are made of.” Winning the pan-African competition which seeks to spark interest in science and space technology in young African students, has earned Mahiya a trip to a rocket launch site…
HARARE – What had been billed as a massive Easter-eve gig at New Life Night Club, featuring Peter Moyo, Leonard Zhakata and Beverly “Bev” Sibanda, was ruined by a poor public address system. To make matters worse, Bev, who was asked to hold her popular dance show at the Thursday gig as sound technicians were…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mathias Mhere has conceded that the alleged adultery between his wife Susan Dzinamarira and his friend Gift Mahlupeka forced him to postpone his maiden tour of the United States (US). The Favour singer, who was initially scheduled to begin his US tour on February 16, told the Daily News that he…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Luciano is set to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow for his upcoming “Return to Africa 2015” concert at the Glamis Arena on April 10. On Wednesday evening he will meet his fans at Harare’s Private Lounge in a party dubbed ‘Mingle and Mix’. A spokesperson for Private Lounge said his fans…
