Cleo Ice Queen has won several awards as a musician, including the Kwacha Music Awards (Best Female category). 7. JK JK, who was born as Jordan Katembula in Lusaka, is another superb Zambian rapper who is quite influential and popular in the entertainment space of the country. He has be...
Paul Matavire was a blind Zimbabwean musician and songwriter born in Maranda, Mwenezi District. He rose to prominence in the 1980s when he joined the Jairos Jiri Band based in Bulawayo at the Jairos Jiri Rehabilitation Centre. He was then elected to lead the Jairo Jiri Band, as one of ...
the first authorized by the estate of the musician who was only 27 when he killed himself in 1994, is an honest and perceptive look at the life of the man behind the seminal song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heckutilizes revealing home movies, Cobain’s own autobiog...
Hard-living, macho movie director John Wilson (Clint Eastwood) arrives in 1950s Zimbabwe to prepare for his next film. Accompanied by screenwriter Pete Verrill (Jeff Fahey), Wilson becomes far more interested in shooting an elephant than getting ready for the shoot. Determined,...
Was there a particular moment earlier on in your career where you realized you wanted to become a musician full time? What was that moment like? I just knew I was never going to work a nine to five (laughs). Like, in as much as I could work for someone, I want to work on my ...
Zimbabwe Music Awards (Artist of the Year, 2018) 2x South African Hip Hop Awards (Best Female, 2019; Best Video, 2020) All African Music Awards (Best Female Artiste in Southern Africa and Best Artist, Duo or Group in African Hip Hop, 2019) SA Style Awards (Most Stylish Performing Artist...
Masike has released her first album and hopes to follow in the footsteps of Chiweshe and Chiwoniso Maraire, another female pioneer musician from Zimbabwe, singing about issues such as: Question everything, learn tolerance, and preserve African heritage. The title track is indeed about an exorcism...
seemingly inexhaustible supply of intriguing flows.Maps, his second collaborative album with L.A. producer Kenny Segal, turns the experience of touring the world into a kind of hero’s journey, a story of zany inklings and occurrences coming between the traveling musician and the comfort of home...
by Mandisa Ndaba January 16, 2023 in Local Zimbabwe News 0 Winky D Bags Best Male Artist - Southern Africa At The Continent's Biggest Awards CeremonyShare on FacebookShare on Twitter Watch| Winky D Named Best Male Artist – Southern Africa At The Continent’s Biggest Awards ...
Since The Crypt is run by a rabid jazz-enthusiast-slash-musician who cut his musical teeth in his native Amsterdam before decamping to South Africa, it should go without saying that the unique venue proudly boasts a diverse array of artists and styles. Another highlight: its in-house 1923-...