Thousands of music fans and outdoor enthusiasts converged at Donnybrook Park on Saturday as the Mighty Zambezi Lager Bonfire Festival made a much-anticipated return marking the revival of one of ...

In April of 1980, when Bob Marley arrived to headline the independence celebrations that would see Rhodesia become Zimbabwe, his song “Zimbabwe,” the centerpiece of the “Survival” album, was the most ...

Oliver Mtukudzi, who generally steered clear of politics in his songs and won a following across the continent and beyond, ...

Mtukudzi was one the country’s most celebrated musicians and the Zimbabwe arts regulating body wrote to the President to seek the status for him. “He deserves the status because of his hard work and ...

Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso grew up on a soundtrack of Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and even Mozart. But her father, an ethnomusicologist, made sure that she also knew the songs ...

In all the focus the Western world has placed on the individual, it has lost sight of the family—both immediate and extended versions, encompassing the members of a shared culture. In part that's due ...

“I am into music that speaks to people, music should still communicate to people as much as it makes them excited but it should send some message that it is relevant to the times.” When people talk ...

A “staple of the New Mexico jazz scene” (Pasatiempo) Zimbabwe Nkenya has dedicated his life to music. A self-taught musical scholar, this St. Louis native started as a youth with the cello, but now ...

Music plays an important part in the lives of Zimbabweans. More than 70 years ago, township music started as a symbol of identity and dissent in colonial Africa. Today, the music has grown full circle ...

MUSIC unions are pushing for transparency and fairness in the administration of royalties as they fight for artistes to reap from their sweat. The recent outcry from stakeholders in Zimbabwe’s music ...

Winky D’s hit Ibotso has seen him removed from stage by police. Screengrab/Happy Again/winkyonline The lyrics he was singing include the line: Ini ndiri muimbi chete handina pfumo handina bakatwa. (I ...