Veteran gospel musician Machanic Manyeruke has challenged upcoming gospel singers to be creative through composing value-laden songs with the capacity to transform people’s lives and stand the test of time. Speaking to NewsDay ahead of a gospel concert dubbed Eternity Gospel Explosion Chinhoyi slated for Chinhoyi Stadium today, the Madhimoni ...

Tafadzwa Mukaro and her husband Wisdom have burst onto Zimbabwe’s gospel scene with a six-track debut album titled Mwari Anesu. Tafadzwa does the lead vocals on the album produced by Lyton Ngolomi with her equally-talented husband providing backing vocals. The just-released album contains well-thought-out tracks that include Iniwo Here, Mhinduro, ...

Some birds build their nests with other birds’ feathers and likewise Zimbabwe has witnessed a number of musicians who depend on others for success. This is not about Mutare- based upcoming gospel musician Blessing Shumba who has shaken the gospel music industry, becoming the King of Gospel. When he ventured into ...

The Voice of Prophecy, a Gweru-based gospel group has been quiet for the past nine years during which time some of its key band members enrolled at Mt Hermon Theology School and consequently relocated to Namibia.  With husband and wife Baba Ephraim and Mai Respina Patai at the forefront, the ...

Gospel diva Olinda Marowa Ziwenga is now a pastor at Prophet Uebert Angel’s Spirit Embassy Church. The singer, who on Thursday broke a three-year sabbatical, said she had been occupied with the Bible and has also been attending to her son for the past three years. Her return was announced ...

Gospel diva Joyce Simeti has been appointed an ambassador of Opentribe Foundation Trust, an organisation that runs a primary and secondary school in Epworth. The “Kudza Baba naMai” hitmaker said she was humbled by the gesture. I was never expecting such a thing but God has a purpose for my ...

In a gospel industry where worship music is slowly taking root, Masvingo based gospel outfit The Cherubims are set to take the genre to another level following the release of their debut album entitled In Pursuit. The gospel industry has been dominated by contemporary and sungura, where musicians have concentrated ...

Fame has never translated to fortune for musician Noel Zembe. The gospel musician, who rose to fame with the hit “Ndaiwana Hama”, is not alone in the paradox of fame without fortune in the local arts industry since many artistes suffer the same fate. But Zembe’s case is somehow unique ...

National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) says the criteria to choose the Best Female Musician won by Olivia Charamba (Mai Charamba) was not based on who had a recent hot album but considered the musician’s contribution on the showbiz circuit. The Nacz held its 13th National Arts Merit Awards over ...

Lyton Ngolomi, who has produced several gospel albums that have won recognition from the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), wants a gong reserved for music producers. Ngolomi of Harare-based Lyton Studios produced Blessing Shumba’s NdiMwari that won the 2012 Nama award and the album Shongwe by the same artiste that ...