MUTARE-BASED Lino Piloto worked in a music recording studio as an engineer for a while during his short stint in Mzansi and not much was known about him until he offered to provide backing vocals. He ...

Harare — A UNIQUE taste of Zimbabwean tradition has been brewed for this year's edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts in the form of seasoned mbira outfit Mbira dzeNharira's ...

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, ...

Zimbabwe, a land of cultural richness and diversity, is proud of its musical heritage that runs deep through its history. Music in Zimbabwe is a reflection of its people, traditions, and the ...

Mutare is set to pulse with ancestral rhythms and spiritual energy on December 27, when the inaugural Bira Rematendo Festival transforms Mutare Sports Club into a living shrine of music, dance, and ...

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 ...

Today’s Google Doodle focuses on the mbira instrument. Google Today’s doodle is also accompanied by a game wherein the user can “play” the mbira using their laptop or handheld device. Over hundreds of ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- When high-ranking Zimbabwean mbira player Forward Kwenda absorbs himself in playing his instrument, the results can be blindingly electric. "Nothing goes through my mind," Kwenda said.

WASHINGTON — Zimbabweans paid tribute Thursday to one of the country’s best known musicians and mbira legend, Chiwoniso Maraire, who passed away Wednesday evening after a short illness. According to ...