Category: Music
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Jit Jamming – Zimbabwe’s Music Dynasties
Bhundu Boys Book: Music Rocking Zimbabwe Author: Fred Zindi Publisher: Zindisc (2014) ISBN: 1-77905-138-8 Music, that mellow breeze which refreshes nations, decodes the language of the heart and makes one blood of a racially profiled globe, is at the core of Zimbabwean culture. Through dark days, music is a moody companion for the children of…
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Jah Prayzah and the Sounds of the Far South
Jah Prayzah’s Jerusarema Jah Prayzah has thrown his keys to the urban contemporary movement down the floor of the sea. His latest album, Jerusarema, available through Jive Zimbabwe, tours deeper into the sounds of the far south. The eleven-track album features tracks “Jerusarema,” “Eriza,” “Roots,” with Luciano (the Messenger),” “Ndoenda,” “Daira,” Chinamira,” “Vanorodza Miseve,” “Tiise…
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Blessing Shumba’s Audio Bible
If Blessing Shumba is not the man of the moment, then he is the man of eternity. The gospel thoroughbred’s latest album “Holy Psalms Vol 1: NdiJesu” will not only spread devotional shockwaves but also immortalise him as one of the best psalmists ever to emerge from the country. “Holy Psalms,” Shumba’s fourth offering after…
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Zexie Manatsa’s Ups and Downs
Zexie Manatsa’s Green Arrows band Zexie Manatsa rose from an infant guitar prodigy in Mhangura to become one of the first local musicians of significant stature. In December 2006 the recently resuscitated Zimbabwe Music Awards paid homage to the grand patriarch of mainstream local music with the inaugural Cheuka Shure/Bheka Emva trophy. During the presentation…
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Brian Sibalo – Zim Gospel Legend
Add caption Brian Sibalo is one of Zimbabwean gospel music’s timeless legends. Sibalo’s story is a tragic case of the chemistry between beauty and brevity. Although he remains one of the finest psalmists ever to emerge from the country, his music has sadly lapsed into oblivion, 17 years after his death at 32 in 1997. …
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Biggie Tembo’s Spiritual Battles
Jit thoroughbred Biggie Tembo is one of the most internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean artists. A few local musicians have achieved Tembo’s cosmopolitan resume since his tragic death at 37 in 1995. While most artists perform overseas before paltry audiences exclusively composed of the Zimbabwe Diaspora, Bhundu Boys, the band Tembo fronted, before 80 000 revellers at…
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Takesure Zamar’s Worship Altar
STILL ADDICTED: Takesure Zamar Hard core psalmist Takesure Zamah Ncube and his ensemble Worship Addicts have fresh wine in their devotional tavern. The fast-rising gospel outfit’s colourful live DVD, “Worship Altar,” is a potent mix of addiction and benediction. “Worship Altar,” which is the group’s first visual effort features hot new jams “Changamire Muponesi” and “Pane…
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Mathias Mhere Still Rising
Mathias Mhere Mathias Mhere’s fourth album arrived last month amid a flare of controversy. Whether speculation over Mhere’s personal problems has attracted, diverted or distorted emphasis with respect to the album, it is difficult to tell. It is equally difficult to explain the popular appetite for the sensational at the expense of the substantial. But…
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Zimbabwe’s Showbiz Converts
Leonard Zhakata The power of music suspends every faculty and revolves the world around the object of affection. Musicians are power brokers – a fact universally acknowledged by corporates, politicians, suitors and others – hence their tag-along function in just about anything that takes influence to effect. Regrettably, when most musicians ditch the stage for…
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Mellow Jams from Pastor G
Pastor G Urban contemporary gospel thoroughbred Pastor G’s stellar offering “Unstoppable Rhythm, Worship and Praise” is a fitting milestone for his fifteen years in the fraternity. The fourteen-track album, which is replete with mellow jams and powerful biblical messages, is a throwback to the early hits which endeared Pastor G with gospel music lovers. Most…
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