KWEKWE – Randal Majaivana, son to self-exiled Zimbabwe music legend Lovemore Majaivana, believes it is now time to revive his father’s music legacy. The Kwekwe-based Randal, 26, who has recorded two albums to date, was sired out of wedlock by the United States of America-based Majaivana with Jennifer Robson. The upcoming musician has joined Derrick…
HARARE – Gospel musician Sabastian Magacha and award-winning Zora star Leonard Zhakata have converted the latter’s hit Gomba Remarara into a gospel song called Kwekuturira. Interestingly, Magacha, who recently returned from a North American tour, did the lead vocals on the remixed song set to be released tomorrow with Zhakata supplying the backing vocals. The…
HARARE – Sungura ace Alick Macheso, who will be presented with $1 200 prize-money on Friday for topping the 2013 Radio Zimbabwe Coca Cola Top 50, will celebrate the achievement by launching an album and a recording studio next month. Macheso, along with other winning musicians, will get their prizes on Friday at the Coca…
HARARE – Local strippers will square off against their counterparts based in South Africa in a striptease competition set for the Private Lounge in Harare on Friday. DJ Nash, a resident DJ at the recently-opened club, told the Daily News that the competition would be a perfect platform for local strippers to gauge their skills…
HARARE – Dancehall and urban grooves musicians should up their game and engage live bands if they are to survive on the local market. While most of the dancehall and urban grooves musicians record their music using digital computers, hence cannot perform using live bands, their songs are not as powerful as those of musicians…
HARARE – Urban grooves music acts will meet tomorrow, Wednesday in what will be a clash of stars as the gig brings together the cream in the genre. A total of 15 urban grooves music acts, among them some dancehall artistes will set Harare’s City Sports Bar alight with varying sounds. The line-up includes Maskiri,…
HARARE – Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) is officially opening year 2014 for dancers tonight in the capital. The event to be held at Harare’s City Sports Bar is meant to “officially commission dance groups to work” as most of them were still on holiday and more than 35 dance groups are expected to attend…
HARARE – Hip-hop star, Tehn Diamond says his new release Simudza Gumbo featuring Dhadza D is all about what people can do for the country instead of what the country can do for them. “My new single is all about turning the conversation from ‘what can our country do for us?’ to ‘what can we…
HARARE – Sultry, slinky and still sizzling in her mid-30s, Patience Musa is a diva like no other. The charismatic and extroverted musician, who burst onto the scene at the turn of the millennium under the tutelage of Mateo Kaunda, has had her fair share of life experiences and like wine has matured with age….
BULAWAYO – Award-winning Bulawayo dance group Iyasa enchanted the big crowd that witnessed 49 people walk away with prizes worth $14 900 during the Coca-Cola Summer Splash Grand Draw held in Bulawayo on Saturday. The well-travelled group, which blends comedy, dance and music, delivered a well-choreographed performance that went some way in proving why it…
