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Soldier trades gun for the mic
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer and rising sungura musician, Masharl Farirepi, who fronts Orchestra Zaka Kings, has made his intentions clear with two promising singles whose quality demonstrat...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Agartha Marudzwa to launch a new album
Gospel artiste Agartha Marudzwa will launch her 13th album titled Zvitsauko with 9 tracks in Harare at Cresta Oasis Hotel this coming Friday.This was confirmed by Agartha while she was intervi...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 10:00hrs | 828 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Skhu to drop second album
Bulawayo gospel muso, Sikhululiwe "Skhu" Sibanda is set to release her second offing in December which she wants to use to remind people about the return of Jesus Christ.The album titled 'The ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Allan Chimbetu reignites Dendera mood on new album
When Allan Chimbetu announced a few weeks ago that he would be bouncing back into the showbiz industry with an album titled "Urgent Matter", Dendera music fans were upbeat about itFor years th...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 13:44hrs | 2400 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Macheso's adult video goes viral
SUNGURA kingpin Alick Macheso, 52, has distanced himself from a adult video clip that has gone viral on social media showcasing a man bedding an unidentified lady. Social media has been awash ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:33hrs | 29331 | by Staff reporter
Allan Chimbetu returns
When Allan Chimbetu took a sabbatical to music industry he has shelved songs he intended to release sometime in future.While doing some menial jobs, the musician was just penning songs though ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3518 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
WATCH: Fortune Chasi Amapiano song teaser
It appears Zimbabwe's former Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi is a man of many talents.After winning the hearts of a majority of Zimbabweans after fixing the country's lo...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 3133 | by Staff reporter
Fake Macheso CD flood market
ALICK Macheso believes some upcoming musicians are behind a fake album that is being sold by pirates to unsuspecting fans.The album, titled Tiyamurei with Macheso's image, has flooded the mark...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:53hrs | 6839 | by Staff reporter
King 98 ropes in 'Assurance' producer
Hip Hop star King 98 has enlisted the services of popular Nigerian producer Speroach Beatz born Obi Prosper on his upcoming album.Speroach Beatz is behind some of Nigeria's smash hits among th...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 18:40hrs | 505 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Black Umfolosi album storms world music charts
BULAWAYO-BASED internationally-acclaimed Imbube/Iscathamiya group Black Umfolosi has scored big after its latest album Washabalala Umhlaba (Earth Song) was featured on the World Music Charts Europe (W...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Clement Magwaza still in the game
AFRO-FUSION crowd puller, Clement "Magwaza" Ncube, has refused to be ruled out in the showbiz game as he is set to launch his 10th album Thath'mbeke in South Africa next month.In an interview ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Zinjaziyaluma readies for ninth album launch
SOUTH Africa-based Maskandi artiste, Zinjaziyaluma has finally set a date when he will launch his ninth album. The event has been slated for November 14 at Underground Hillbrow Theatre in Joha...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:25hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Debut album for flamboyant UMsamanzi Ukhonolakhe
Johannesburg-based and high-flying maskandi musician, Tshepo UMsamanzi "UKhonolakhe" has completed recording his yet to be named debut album.The much-awaited 12-tracked album features songs li...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 17:23hrs | 625 | by Staff Reporter
Mambo Dhuterere reveals soft spot for needy people
Darlington Mutseta, aka Mambo Dhuterere, says one unique aspect about his music (which he also labels Dhuterere) is that it addresses the challenges of mainly the poor.Speaking on the sideline...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Jeys Marabini, Sandy join forces
AFRO-POP ace Jeys Marabini has for the first time engaged in a collaboration with a female artiste, Sandra "Sandy" Ndebele-Sibindi, for a top-drawer production.The two Bulawayo artistes collab...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Leonard Dembo's music will live on - Tendai Dembo
Born Tendai Dembo on 8 August 1987 in Harare Zimbabwe, Tendai is the second born in a family of three siblings of the late sungura musical icon Kwangwari Gwaendepi popularly known as Leonard Dembo or ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1444 | by Leonard Koni
Not all men are bad, says gospel artiste
BULAWAYO budding contemporary gospel musician and leader of the Preachers of the Word Gospel group Nobesuthu Shyleen Mkandla is disturbed by the continued prejudice against women in all spheres of lif...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Gospel artiste bounces back
GOSPEL artiste Rumbidzai Kimberly Sepi popularly known as Kim Sepi has bounced back with a single track titled Muneni.Kim Sepi last recorded a debut 9 track album titled Makanaka Jesus which h...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 16:17hrs | 2078 | by Simbarashe Sithole
I am no one-hit wonder, says Dhuterere
Gospel musician Darlington Mutseta, known by his music followers as Mambo Dhuterere, has said the release of his fourth album yesterday proves to critics that he is not a one-hit wonder. The a...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
'Fake' letter causes havoc in MDC-T
A LETTER allegedly exposing one of MDC-T interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's aides as a police informer has become the latest source of infighting in the Thokozani Khupe-led party.The...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 3749 | by Staff reporter
Chopper reunites Chimbetu siblings
One of the surviving founders of the Orchestra Dendera Kings, Allan Chimbetu, will next Saturday lead a coterie of the Chimbetu siblings in commemorating the death of Simon "Chopper" Chimbetu....Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Shiri, Tuku connection revealed
THE late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) was a sucker for Tuku Music and had the departed superstar's entire music collection, which he "guarded jealously".According to family frien...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
Sanii Makhalima is set to break his silence
VETERAN contemporary musician Lungisani 'Sanii' Makhalima is set to break his silence with the release of a new full album scheduled for September 4. Makhalima told NewsDay Life & Style ye...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweansMustFall trending in South Africa
OVER a month ago, a social media campaign under the hashtag #ZimbabweansMustFall trended as South Africans urged their government and companies to get rid of Zimbabwean citizens at workplaces and put ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:17hrs | 3960 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean artistes make waves in US
LOS ANGELES-BASED Zimbabwean musician-cum-producer Tinashe "Bantu" Sibanda and fellow artiste Philip "Dr Chaii" Kembo are currently riding on the crescent of a wave following the release of their albu...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:21hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Matulana drops collabo album
BULAWAYO-BASED kanindo musician Obadiah Matulana, who is known as Dr Jah Kanindo, collaborated with a South Africa-based rhumba group from Matabeleland South, Mlambo Express, and released an album tit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Tambaoga, has distanced self from the Twitter account
Traditional musician Last Chiangwa, aka Tambaoga, has distanced himself from the Twitter account handle @Tambaoga7, which recently posted an apology for his yesteryear affiliation to Zanu-PF.T...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe stages spellbinding show
UNITED STATES-BORN R&B star, Tinashe Kachingwe, on Wednesday night staged a scintillating live show during the Coke Studio Sessions on #BeApp. Her performance lived up to the promise she made earl...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Madlela to launch Ntikoloshi
Ngamnanka hit-maker, Madlela Skhobokhobo has set August 7 as the day he will finally launch his third album titled Ntikoloshi. The album, a follow up to Majazana which he released last year, w...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Willard Katsande set to release music album
FORMER Zimbabwe Warriors captain and current Kaizer Chiefs midfielder, Willard Katsande has made a surprise announcement to release a music album as he edges closer toward the end of his football care...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 12:23hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga 'blocked' from meeting Mnangagwa
CONTROVERSIAL sungura musician Hosiah Chipanga has revealed his frustrations over being blocked at every turn in his attempts to meet former President Robert Mugabe and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa to...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 21:51hrs | 8066 | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira, Berita new track drops Friday
Umalume, DJ Tira has not let the lockdown affect his productivity as he is set to drop a new single that features Berita this Friday.Before the track titled Uyandazi has been released, fans ha...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:45hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana explains why he quit music
UNITED States of America-based musician Lovemore "Majaivana" Tshuma has recounted some of his sad tales including how his music was not appreciated in the country but was embraced elsewhere....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 10282 | by Staff reporter
Military Touch Movement died after Andy Muridzo’s exit
The fact that Military Touch Movement (MTM) continued to survive two years after Andy Muridzo's abrupt departure - and not its recent dissolution - is apparently the most surprising thing in the going...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:26hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Mokoomba stirs magic on stage
INIMITABLE Afro-fusion outfit Mokoomba on Monday night justified their profile as the country's biggest music export with a matchless stage performance during the Africa is Mother Live Concert to mark...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya to re-release 3rd album
AWARD-WINNING musician Vusa Mkhaya is set to re-release his celebrated third album, UManyanyatha - Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe, for the international market.The album features the hugely p...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Jesse Nyakudya: Teenage drumming sensation
All she saw four-year-old toddler pummel her pots as though they were a musical drum set. None of it made sense at that point. But as the boy grew, it became clear Jesse Nyakudya was a drummer-in-the-...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:13hrs | 888 | by Busisani Ncube
Umkhula dismisses death rumours
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean comedians Omkhula member Morris Moyo (pictured right) has dismissed rumours that he had died, saying he suffered a stroke in 2018 after winning an award in Durban....Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:02hrs | 2071 | by Staff reporter
Remembering the Prophet who foretold Jah Prayzah's rise to fame
The late Prophet Sisonke Ndlovu ,in 2016, prophesied in an interview that was recorded by Sunday Life that he had received a prophecy about high-riding and award-winning musician Jah Prayzah, whom he ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 16:33hrs | 2955 | by Fidelis Fengu
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 16402 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutodi to feature Awilo Longomba's Rhumba album
Congolese musician Awilo Longomba said he is working on a new album with sacked Deputy minister for information Energy Mutodi.Longomba ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 14:09hrs | 2579 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'Covid-19 exposes false prophets'
CHEGUTU gospel musician Isaac Muchaita has described the current national lockdown as God's way of punishing false prophets in the country.Muchaita, who is also a preacher, said the gospel had...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:33hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Leonard Dembo
On a very beautiful Saturday morning in February 1982 I was very young by then but could understand and comprehend what was happening.My father used to have a record player which was like a sm...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1829 | by Leonard Koni
Producer laments high level of corruption at radio stations
RUWA-BASeD music producer Danny Nyamushamba, popularly known as DK, of DanKillar records has decried the alleged scourge of corruption at local radio stations.DK produces music for upcoming gh...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Gender based violence cases racing with Covid-19 cases
Contemporary artiste Phil Zulu speaks out and reflected concern on a sharp rise in domestic violence emanating from the world pandemic coronavirus." The focus is more on Covid-19 though there ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:33hrs | 544 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zim artiste shines in Australia
Upcoming Zimbabwean artiste Cozzy Kozile has raised his nationality flag high in Australia through his music."The Australian community is supporting my music since the country is a multi cultu...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:45hrs | 864 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Jonathan Moyo responds to reports that he killed ZBC
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has refuted allegations that he was involved in the destruction of the Zimbabwean radio during his time as Minister of Information. In a Twi...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:13hrs | 4733 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thomas Mapfumo's choices affected by his old age, says Mutodi
The Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi has said that Zimbabwean music icon, Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo's political choices are affected by his old age.Posting on Twitter, Mutodi a for...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:10hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwe artiste overcomes coronavirus
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED gospel music minister Rhoda Tongogora, popularly known as Mai Tongogara, has exclusively opened up to Standard Style how she contracted and overcame the novel coronavirus (Covid-1...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Local artistes in dire straits
As Zimbabwe enters into the second week of the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown, most artistes say they can longer endure the remaining days as they are failing to make ends meet.A myriad of artistes,...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
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