HARARE – Celebrated Zimbabwe Jazz songstress Dudu Manhenga has come up with a praise and worship album that celebrates God’s positive impact in the Bulawayo-born musician’s life. The album titled For You, which is the songstress’s fifth, will be launched next week on Wednesday in Harare at the Book Café. Manhenga, famed for her song…
HARARE – Several of Zimbabwe’s hot new music talents have been given the platform to showcase their prowess during the Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) which begins this month end. Running under the theme “What’s Next…” Africa’s leading festival Hifa has decided to let loose the next generation of Zimbabwean music stars who include…
LONDON – TV viewers across the world will remember her for her recurring role alongside Hollywood A-lister Charlie Sheen on the popular American sitcom Two And a Half Men. But Tinashe Kachingwe is arguably the next big thing waiting to explode on the US and global music scene. Her debut album is not released yet…
HARARE – Award-winning gospel artiste Blessing Shumba has ruled out ditching producer Lyton Ngolomi who is also in charge of emerging musician Mathias Mhere. The gospel music grapevine has been awash with claims that Shumba was about to dump Ngolomi due to Mhere’s album Anoita Minana’s supposed resemblance to his own music. But Mhere told…
HARARE – Zora music star Leonard ‘Karikoga’ Zhakata has decided to follow the biblical advice in Psalms 150:4 which says: “Praise Him with the tambourine and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs…” And Zhakata admits it is glorifying to be part of the Christian family and that his next album will comprise of…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah’s much-awaited 10-track album Tsviriyo will be launched tomorrow at Jazz 105. Tsviriyo, the 25-year-old Jah Prayzah’s fourth album, will be launched at the popular entertainment joint where Suluman Chimbetu will be a special guest artiste. Jah Prayzah, whose real name is Mukudzei Mukombe, is upbeat about the album. “Tsviriyo is different…
HARARE – Dancehall star Winky D hopes to use award-winning South African Mi Casa’s March 28 show where he will be a supporting act to once again show his international class. The reggae star, whose real name is Wallace Chirumiko, will curtain-raise for the popular South African act alongside many other local artistes who include…
HARARE – On Friday last week, the world woke up to the shocking news of the demise of Nigerian veteran writer and indeed the granddad of modern African literature, Chinua Achebe. There is no doubt Achebe represented the finest in as far as the literary arts are concerned. He is one man who gave the…
HARARE – Oliver Mtukudzi does not have a diplomatic passport nor does he have anything in writing confirming that he is Zimbabwe’s tourism ambassador despite a misleading impression created by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). Two years ago ZTA Chief Executive Karikoga Kaseke used the Indaba International Travel and Tourism Exposition in Durban, South Africa,…
HARARE – Former United Kingdom (UK) Big Brother contestant Makosi Musambasi is keen to join 2013 Big Brother Africa. The controversial Musambasi who was part of the UK Big Brother in 2006, attended auditions for Big Brother Africa in Harare yesterday along with equally colourful socialite and fashionista Pokello Nare, dancehall queen Lady Squanda and…
