HARARE – Pamberi Trust’s International Jazz and World Music Festival 2012 kicks off tomorrow at Harare’s Book Cafe with a screening at 6pm of the film The Miles Davies Story described in jazz circles as one of the greatest jazz documentaries. The Miles Davies Story is the definitive story revealing legendary Miles Davis, trumpeter, innovator,…
HARARE – As part of the Italian Embassy October International Jazz and World Music Festival, which runs from October 17 to 21, Artemis Danza, an internationally-acclaimed dance company from Italy will hold a joint show with Zimbabwe’s Tumbuka Dance Company and Drum Café at Celebration Centre on Thursday. Artemis Danza’s tour also coincides with the…
BULAWAYO – Obert Mpofu, the Zanu PF secretary for economic affairs has taken a swipe at his party’s leadership in Matabeleland, accusing them of being responsible for the organisation’s misfortunes in the province. It is rare to find top Zanu PF officials attack each other, but Mpofu who seems to have been mandated with propping…
HARARE – Urban grooves star Donald Chirisa popularly known as Sniper Storm is set to perform in Cape Town, South Africa at end of this month. “I am flying this month to perform at Platinum lounge in Cape Town on October 27,” said the Ndakabata Mic hit singer. Courtesy of Mighty Duffs Sound System, a…
HARARE – Nigerian duo P-Square and its band lived up to expectations when they delivered an electric performance at the Glamis Arena on Saturday night. Despite the afternoon rains that had threatened to disrupt the gig, people still thronged the venue to attend the much-hyped Lion Larger Beer Festival. The showcase started around 6pm and…
HARARE – What if Oliver Mtukudzi married swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry? Or Suluman Chimbetu and Mai Chisamba rocked it as a married couple? Zimbabwe’s top stand-up comedian Edgar Langeveldt had the audience eating out of his palm last week after raising such possibilities. For a family paper we will not go into other details. But,…
HARARE – Prominent sculptor Dominic Benhura has not been spared by the recession in Europe which has hit his business. Benhura who has made his mark in the sculpture industry said artistes are struggling to sell their works due to the recession. “I travel yes but with the recession that hit Europe over the past…
HARARE – Music that explores love and sex subjects is as useless as a dead thing — it must be a voice of the voiceless in society, questioning all forms of injustice and demand answers — says the protest artiste Raymond Majongwe. Majongwe is among a few artistes in the country who address social and…
BULAWAYO – Some have said it is the land of honey and gold but others such as legendary musician Oliver Mtukudzi, simply warn: “there is nothing to talk home about, inhava izere mhepo”. It is the Diaspora. Yet, despite the mixed fortunes accompanying people’s experiences in the diaspora, many still view it as a better…
HARARE – Hordes of women jostled to catch a glimpse of Nigerian duo P-Square after the hit-makers landed at the Harare International Airport for a show billed as one of 2012’s major highlights. Fans mobbed the star-twins as soon as they stepped outside the arrivals lounge. P-Square arrived with 11 other band members, fulfilling the…
