Music & Showbiz
Renowned acapella group Amavevane will mark their 28th birthday with a concert at Zoo Lake on August 31. Formed in 1996 at Ngwana Primary School in Plumtree, the group has been delighting audiences with their Isicathamiya music, also known as Imbube music. Led by Future Ndebele, Amavevane has achieved significant milestones, including international recognition after […]
Legendary musician Majahawodwa Ndlovu, popularly known as Jeys Marabini, has expressed gratitude and excitement after receiving a luxury vehicle from renowned businessman Wicknell Chivayo, well known as Sir Wicknell Marabini is the latest artist to receive a car from Chivayo, who has previously gifted vehicles to other prominent Zimbabwean musicians like Sandra Ndebele, Aleck Macheso, […]
Orchestra Dendera Kings front man Suluman “Ascom” Chimbetu is ready to support the king of Sungura Alick Macheso on his Bindura show dubbed Chesology Sungura festival next Saturday. Speaking on the sidelines of his Harare show at the yard bar Sulu said he is always ready to support other musicians. “I am always ready to […]
Chances are, you are already ruining your potential to succeed in the music industry because you believe in one or more music career myths. How do I know? I am sent e-mail messages on a constant basis by tons of musicians (all seeking the answers to the WRONG questions). These are questions that may seem […]
The 90s undoubtedly marked the Golden Age of underground music zines cataloguing subcultural movements. Without an avalanche of Tumblr accounts offering endless information on what your favourite band is wearing, Soundcloud recommendations about who to listen to next, or Twitter documenting your most-loved guitar player’s childhood fear, publications such as the pioneering DIY zine Sniffin’ […]
As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I’ve worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a “good chart” as a piece of written music that effectively tells […]
Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is normally expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve complex generative forms in time through […]
We had some truly stellar photos come out of our photographers this week, as they attended shows from Vance Joy, Ball Park Music, Matt Corby and Groovin The Moo sideshows, with the common theme being some amazing light shows. As Forbes notes, in the missive, Sixx and bandmates James Michael and DJ Ashba implore YouTube […]
The line-up for the industrial, EBM and synthpop festival E-tropolis in Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Ruhr, on March 28 is complete. For the most part, though, people just happening to pass by the two-block campus during Public Practice sessions are at the best advantage to enjoy the notes in the air, mixing with the environment. “We […]
The public service broadcaster is selling off its catalogue in June. Radio France has revealed details of over 8,000 vinyl records set to be sold at a public auction. The records are all double copies of music from the station’s 1.6 million-strong collection. Organised across 10 categories, the records span French pop from Serge Gainsbourg, […]
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