BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe -- The crowd at the Large City Hall here had become a sweaty, tipsy, swaying throng by the time Oliver Mtukudzi played his most controversial song, "Wasakara." As he sang in his ...
A group of musicians is taking on the leadership of the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) amid mounting allegations ...
When music plays everywhere but artists remain poor, something in the system is fundamentally broken. Imagine a national ...
Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has been given national hero status following his death Wednesday. It is the highest honor that can be given to an individual by Zimbabwe. Mtukudzi is the first ...
When SKyCTC Academic Adviser John Thomerson first picked up a mbira, a Southern African “thumb piano,” as a pandemic side project, he wanted to add to the long list of foreign instruments in his ...
CHIMURENGA genre musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has confirmed that his upcoming performance in Zimbabwe in April will be his final live show, marking the ...
"Roy and Royce are still very much alive," were the first words uttered by Roy Gomo, the other half of Zimbabwe's sensational twin singing duo -- Roy and Royce. The twins rocked the country in 2002 ...
A fundraising show to assist Zororai Old People's home in Mutare Gospel will be held on Saturday at Pick and Save. Twenty artists have confirmed their participation at the event that is meant to ...
STAKEHOLDERS in the Zimbabwe creative sector have collectively announced that the country’s arts scene is ready to take centre stage with ambitious plans and revitalised energy.From pioneering ...
Reggae, although imported from Jamaica, has been the cornerstone music of Zimbabwe since Bob Marley’s visit to this country ...