gospel music

Grass eating church pastor in Bulawayo

February 14, 2014
The South Africa-based preacher infamous for making his congregants eat grass, Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries is expected in Bulawayo for a two-day crusade next month. The pastor from Pretoria courted controversy early this year when he told his church to go and eat grass because “this is ...

Charamba lands Zimura post

February 7, 2014
Zimbabweans are a very spiritual people. Their traditional religion is based on the belief in the power of the spirits of their ancestors to link them with one supreme deity. This traditional religion goes back to the very foundation of their humanity; to the beginning of time. The advent of ...

Destiny Praise album stalled by poor of funding

February 5, 2014
Upcoming, Bulawayo based gospel choir Destiny Praise’s fate in the music industry looks shaky as financial problems have stalled the much awaited album. Destiny Praise’s vocal prowess is something Zimbabwe has not sampled musically, but such talent is wasting in the gutters of obscurity. Formed in 2010 under the name ...

Inside Blessing Shumba’s territory

February 5, 2014
When approaching the new suburb of Hob House near Chikanga in Mutare you come across a small shopping centre where different people do their day to day business. Just after the shopping centre, driving Westwards on a rough terrain, one comes across a house secured by a brown precast wall. A ...

Aspiring Tonga gospel artiste set to break new ground

February 3, 2014
Upcoming gospel musician Abigail Mwebe has defied all odds by composing music in the Tonga language for her debut album. The aspiring gospel musician is set to release her 10-track album early next year. In an interview with Southern Eye Lifestyle, the promising musician said some of the tracks that ...

Gospel artiste collaborates with David Dayo

January 31, 2014
Zimbabwean gospel artiste Raymond Chakanyuka is in South Africa where he is set to collaborate with 2012 South African crown gospel winner Thinah Zungu and Nigerian best song writer of 2013 David Dayo. The collaborations are on his fourth album Maiti Ndiyani recorded at Diamond Studios. The upcoming musician works ...

Gwanda cop releases gospel album

January 30, 2014
A Gwanda-based policeman Samuel Sokosi is set to release a second gospel album titled Siya Zvenyika early next month. The six-track album is set to be played on the State broadcaster ZBC before being made available to the general public in the streets, Sokosi told Southern Eye Lifestyle. “My second ...

Upcoming gospel outfits bemoans lack of sponsorship

January 30, 2014
Zimbabwe upcoming gospel outfits have bemoaned lack of sponsorship as a hindrance in resuscitating the once vibrant music industry. Despite the accumulating numbers of new gospel groups showing on the scene, many are dying prematurely before making it into the mainstream music industry. In an interview with RelZim, Innocent Mafunga ...

No new album soon:Mai Charamba

January 29, 2014
Celebrated gospel star Olivia Charamba says she and her equally venerated husband Charles won’t be releasing new albums anytime soon. Olivia, better known as Mai Charamba, is convinced that her last album The Gospel (2009) and her husband’s latest offering Pashoko Pangoma (2010) are still competitive on the market. “Music ...

New kid on the gospel block

January 24, 2014
New kid on the gospel scene Neverson Ngoshi, who recently released a six-track compilation of inspirational gospel music, says he is ready to turn the world to trusting God alone through whatever challenges people may be facing in today’s world. Titled Nyasha DzaMwari, the album includes tracks like the title ...