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Farai & The Forest Dawn to rock Zim Achievers Awards
11 Apr 2014 at 16:53hrs | Views
EVER wondered what Cold Play would sound like if Chris Martin grew up in Bulawayo, hooked up with a rock guitarist with an intuitive ear for the rhythms of his African heritage, and together formed a band with two British boys and a Russian drummer?
Meet Farai & The Forest Dawn, the exciting new quintet whose heady brew of multiple musical strains, finished with a dash of Africa, is fast winning converts on London's live music circuit.
Comprising the Zimbabwe-born pair of lead singer Farai Muvuti and guitarist Nathan Majongwe, keyboardist Jonathan Morris, bass guitarist Jobey Bell and drummer Kirill Khassine, the band is now set to perform at their grandest venue yet.
On the 10th of May, they make their way to the luxurious five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London's affluent Kensington district to jam at the annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA). This year's awards are sponsored by new money transfer company, ZimPay.
With spectacular views of Kensington Palace and the magnificent Kensington Gardens, the hotel provides a fitting aura of splendour to what is set to be a night of memorable celebration.
It is fitting that the ZAA has invited Farai & The Forest Dawn to come and entertain guests and award recipients on the night. The band has just emerged from a remarkable triumph of its own. Over the course of 15 weeks, from 2nd November 2013 to 8th February 2014, they battled 80 bands from across the UK at the Boisdale Jukebox in Canary Wharf, and emerged as
">winners of the Battle of the Bands 2014.Meet Farai & The Forest Dawn, the exciting new quintet whose heady brew of multiple musical strains, finished with a dash of Africa, is fast winning converts on London's live music circuit.
Comprising the Zimbabwe-born pair of lead singer Farai Muvuti and guitarist Nathan Majongwe, keyboardist Jonathan Morris, bass guitarist Jobey Bell and drummer Kirill Khassine, the band is now set to perform at their grandest venue yet.
On the 10th of May, they make their way to the luxurious five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London's affluent Kensington district to jam at the annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA). This year's awards are sponsored by new money transfer company, ZimPay.
With spectacular views of Kensington Palace and the magnificent Kensington Gardens, the hotel provides a fitting aura of splendour to what is set to be a night of memorable celebration.
It is fitting that the ZAA has invited Farai & The Forest Dawn to come and entertain guests and award recipients on the night. The band has just emerged from a remarkable triumph of its own. Over the course of 15 weeks, from 2nd November 2013 to 8th February 2014, they battled 80 bands from across the UK at the Boisdale Jukebox in Canary Wharf, and emerged as
It was a remarkable feat that announced their arrival on the scene as a serious creative force. They stormed to victory largely on their own compositions, having initially introduced themselves to music fans through a handful of Youtube cover versions of Motown classics such as
