One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since last year ...

The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) says it is confident of emerging stronger despite ongoing disputes within the country’s collective management sector, as it intensifies engagement with ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Famed Zimbabwean singer Thomas Mapfumo will be playing 7 p.m. Thursday on the plaza at the Rothko Chapel. Mapfumo, who will be accompanied by his band Blacks Unlimited, is known for his hard-hitting ...

Musician Dino Mudondo is indeed a patient man. Had it not been for his passion for music, he could have quit a long time ago. He is a man of dreams, and after releasing 18 albums in his music career, ...

SOUTH BEND — The Music Village presents “Concert & Conversation: A Cultural Music Pop-Up with Polyphony Marimba” at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at 333 S. Michigan St. Peter and Karyna Swing formed Polyphony ...

A new generation of Zimbabwean hip-hop artists is beginning to find its voice, and among them is Gareth4L, a rising talent whose music blends personal storytelling with hard-hitting social commentary.