He says musicians still based in Zimbabwe piece together a living with performances outside the country where they are paid in foreign currency. A $2,000 or $3,000 performance fee can mean month of ...

The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) stands today at a defining moment in its history. Recent weeks have seen the institution subjected to deliberate destabilisation efforts by three former ...

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 ...

Nigerian star Davido's cryptic post about Zimbabwean artist Takura has fans speculating on new music or a collaboration, as he navigates his recent loss.

If you’re new to the Pacific Northwest, you would’ve probably been warned about the rain and the gloomy few months that come along with it. But when multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter John ...

Harare — EMPOWERMENT is yet to visit women who sing secular Zimbabwean music. Those who have tried to go it alone, failed to sustain their adventurism and had to either fade off the scene or go back ...

A popular Zimbabwean music outfit, Mokoomba, is expected to perform in several states in USA from next week until August 16 this year. The group with a variety of tunes, combined with waist wiggling ...

A ground breaking cultural exhibition is uniting artists from Zimbabwe and across Europe as artists tackle climate change solutions and how art and sustainability intertwine. ''We are very glad to be ...

Preface. Understanding Zimbabwe : the Shona and the Ndebele in Zimbabwe and beyond / Barbara Mahamba and Luis Gimenez Amoros -- Introduction. The study of Zimbabwean music by Zimbabwean scholars / ...

In Zimbabwe’s creative industry, the divide between those who produce cultural value and those who get to distribute it is increasingly wide. From school set book writers to musicians, actors, and ...

Add in the loping, reggae-influenced “The Towering Inferno” by The Green Arrows, with its piercing lead guitar lines and Hendrix-like ending, and it’s apparent what’s collected on the 25-track set ...