Zimbabwe News News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwe and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Thursday June 30, 2011 file photo, Zimbabwe music superstar, Oliver Mutukudzi plays in his music academy in Norton ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Chiwoniso Plays Zimbabwean 'Rebel' Music
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 ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwe Keeps Protest Music Muffled
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 ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Musicians Randy McIntosh, Amy Stewart Give Back to Zimbabwe
Boulder, Colorado is half-way around the world from the African country of Zimbabwe. But a husband-and-wife team with a love of African music keeps them connected, through concerts that feature ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack
Music and politics have always been intertwined, from "Yankee Doodle" to "A Change is Gonna Come." And that's true in Zimbabwe, too — a country that is now facing a historic political transition. In ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwean music star Mtukudzi declared a national hero
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Thursday June 30, 2011 file photo, Zimbabwe music superstar, Oliver Mutukudzi plays in his music academy in Norton ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Music legend Oliver Mtukudzi is given national hero status in Zimbabwe
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 ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwean Music and Dance
Info forwarded from Professor Ric Alviso, CSU Northridge professor and UCLA Ethnomusicology alum. Professor Alviso did his fieldwork in Zimbabwe with the Chigambas, master musicians and dancers, and ...
News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwe: Chimurenga Music Legend Mapfumo Returns to Zimbabwe for Chivayo's U.S.$1m Shows
CHIMURENGA music legend Thomas Mapfumo has returned to Zimbabwe after nearly a decade in the United States, ahead of two private performances bankrolled by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo.
News Zimbabwe » Music: Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music
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, ...