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Sandra teams up with Ndolwane to wow revellers

by Staff reporter
03 Apr 2013 at 05:33hrs | Views
MARTIN Sibanda of Ndolwane Super Sounds and songstress, Sandra Ndebele, lived up to their billing on Friday night as they staged thrilling performances at Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Bulawayo.

The show which attracted a fair crowd, started at 10pm stretching up to 5am the following day, and left fans craving for more.

First to go on stage was Ndebele who first performed her two gospel tracks, Sathani and Thandaza, which left the crowd closer to the heavens since everyone was celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ over the Easter holiday.

After her short "gospel concert", Martin "The Big Boss" Ndlovu who leads the other half of Ndolwane Super Sounds following the split of the renowned group in 2011, took the audience by storm.

He belted most tracks on his debut solo six-track album, Bakhuzeni, sending the crowd into delirium.

The Kalanga-Ndebele rhumba star seems to have thoroughly done his homework of marketing his album since its release last year, judging from the response from revellers.

The crowd could be heard singing along to most of the hits such as Bayafunda yini, Wubudzabgwhe and the track Bakhuzeni which most fans were familiar with as if it was a national anthem.

"Umuntu ozonda iBosso uyakhuzwa... ozond' uMartin uyakhuzwa... ozond' iMakhosi uyakhuzwa," - these were additional lyrical spices that were bellowed by the energetic crowd as The Big Boss was sampling the hit Sekukubi.

After Ndolwane, Ndebele bounced back on stage in a rhumba mood backed by Ekhaya Dance Group. She played new hits from her recently launched album titled No Matter What. The dancing mood was set high with the diva's gyrating moves which attracted many to the dance floor.

When the dancer-cum-singer ended her performance at around 4am, fans begged for Sibanda's encore. Their request was granted. This time he took the crowd's memory back to the hey-days when Ndolwane Super Sounds was still united with the other founding member Charles Ndebele.

He played old hits such as Uhluphile, Amaginqigonqo, Umphahambe and Izambane likaphondo.

As if that was not enough to call it a day, revellers requested him to play the track Bakhuzeni again.

This shows that if the Kalanga maestro maintains his pace, he may be one of the most sought-after entertainers in the country just like Alick Macheso, Nicholas Zacharia and the man of the moment, Suluman Chimbetu.

"I am overwhelmed by people's response to my album Bakhuzeni and this motivates me to work even harder in order to meet their expectations. The turn- out of the fans for this show is also impressing hence I urge fans to keep up the same spirit in supporting local artistes," he said after his performance.

Ndebele also shared the same sentiments on the fans' turnout, saying people in Bulawayo should rise up in support of local artistes.

Source - TC