BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe -- The crowd at the Large City Hall here had become a sweaty, tipsy, swaying throng by the time Oliver Mtukudzi played his most controversial song, "Wasakara." As he sang in his ...

Zimbabwean gospel musician Minstrel Taffie has taken Zimbabwean gospel music to the international stage after being named a finalist in the African Contemporary category at the prestigious ...

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

Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A FIRST-YEAR student at Zimbabwe College of Music, Davis “Paivepo” Nyamhandu, is set to take his artistry to another level on Friday as he launches his debut album, Kutandara Ne Paivepo, at the Jasen ...

Zimbabwe music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has been given national hero status following his death Wednesday. It is the highest honor that can be given to an individual by Zimbabwe. Mtukudzi is the first ...

In Jamaica during the late 1950s, Ska music emerged as a fusion of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. The energetic, uptempo sound became symbolic of Jamaica’s ...