Zimbabwean Gospel ensemble Black Umfolosi is set to release Washabalal’ Umhlaba – Earth Song (ARC Music) on July 24, 2020. Earth Song is the group’s…
Black Umfolosi to Release Earth Song
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Vusa Mkhaya to Release Umanyanyatha – Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean artist Vusa Mkhaya is set to release his third solo album, Umanyanyatha – Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe (ARC Music). The release date…
Zimbabwe Artist Hope Masike Releases The Exorcism Of A Spinster
Hope Masike, a vocalist from Zimbabwe who plays the historically male-dominated mbira (thumb piano) has a new album titled The Exorcism of a Spinster. This…
Artist Profiles: Hope Masike
Hope Masike is a Zimbabwean vocalist, mbira player, percussionist, songwriter, fashion designer, painter and dancer. She is known as “The Princess of Mbira” and her…
Artist Profiles: Monoswezi
Monoswezi is a multinational collective of musicians originally from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe. Monoswezi was formed thanks to a cultural exchange program between Africa…
Mokoomba Revals Spring 2019 North American Tour
Mokoomba, Zimbabwe’s leading roots music act returns to North America for a tour of Canada and the United States this April. The popular world music…
Celebrated Zimbabwean Musician Oliver Mtukudzi Dies at 66
Oliver Mtukudzi, one of the most important figures in Zimbabwean music in the past decades, died on January 23, 2019 at the Avenues Clinic in…
Artist Profiles: Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi was born September 22, 1952 in Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe. Oliver’s professional music career spanned more than thirty years and produced over 40…
The Early Works of the Queen of Mbira
Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles (Glitterbeat, 2018) Kasahwa: Early Singles introduces a set of rare early recordings by Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) pioneer Stella…
Arts Center in Carrboro Reveals 2018-19 World Music Season
The Arts Center in Carrboro, North Carolina has announced the 2018-19 world Music Season. The series begins on Saturday, September 9th with Black Umfolosi, a…