HARARE – Music piracy and the difficult economic situation prevailing in the country are threatening the viability of record company businesses. Emion Sibindi, Metro Studios’ director said since 2004, they had cut their workforce by 50 percent so as to sustain operations. Sibindi told the Daily News that as a result of the economic challenges…
HARARE – Harare police are threatening a crackdown on delinquent dancers and club-owners who promote “moral decadence”. This follows the arrest of Shantel Chirimuta, a Chocolate Barbes dancing crew member who allegedly became intimate with a patron on stage. At a meeting on Friday with the dance sector’s stakeholders, police stressed the importance of maintaining…
HARARE – Buffalo Souljah has promised to hit back at Nigerian dancehall artiste, Burna Boy, who allegedly attacked him at an all-white party held by rapper Da Les in South Africa. The Zimbabwean multi-continental award winning artiste came out guns blazing against the Nigerian artiste, in the latest beef to hit Africa’s dancehall scene. “It…
HARARE – Sungura artiste Peter Moyo sampled a couple of new songs during Sunday’s joint show with Suluman Chimbetu at Rangers Gardens in Westlea but was quick to emphasise that his second album was not imminent. The 24-year-old Moyo released his six-track debut album Mushonga Mukuru close to two years ago after concerted pressure from…
HARARE – Controversial Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love has been banned from performing at the Book Café after reporting three hours late for a show on Friday. The award-winning Soul Jah Love, who was born Soul Masaka, infuriated the management at Book Café after turning up at 11pm for a concert that was scheduled to…
HARARE – After four years of waiting for his second album, reggae star MicInity had no choice but to pull off the mother of all launches for his latest offering Survivor at Misty’s on Friday night. And for good measure, he threw his 32nd birthday party into the mix. What a party-and-a-half it was! The…
LONDON – The other day I watched a horrifying video on Facebook, which captured a black woman, in Africa, being attacked by a group of ruthless black men. Their reason for attacking this African queen was that she was dressed inappropriately. Her walking with a male companion was not enough to ward off the thugs…
HARARE – Conflict in bands over remuneration can be reduced drastically if musicians comply with the Copyright Act, the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has said. The call was made by Zimura director Polisile Ncube at a discussion dubbed “Zvemagitare/Band Matters” hosted by the Book Café on Thursday. Ncube told the discussion, whose other panellists…
HARARE – After making a name for himself as a drummer in Zimbabwe and in other parts of the world, Blessing ‘Bled’ Chimanga’s new mission is to prove that he is equally talented as a vocalist. The diminutive Chimanga, who has played drums for top musicians like Dudu Manhenga, Hope Masike, Eric Wainaina (Kenya), Ray…
HARARE – Zora musician Leonard Karikoga Zhakata, whose songs Dhonza Makomborero and Dollar Boy claimed first and second positions respectively on the Coca-Cola Top 50, is feeling like the proverbial phoenix. The Rusape-born musician says the victory, which earned him $2 000 in prize money, has given him the liberty to dream again. The Mugove…
