October 7, 2013 I caught up with award-winning urban grooves songstress, Betty Makaya. With hits such as “Usipo” and “Ndakusuwa” to her name, Betty is one of the best artists to ever emerge from Zimbabwe. In 2004, she won the Best Urban Grooves Artist award at the Zimbabwe Music Awards to cap her meteoric rise … Continue reading
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Top 15 Zimbabwean Songs of the New Millenium
…of the New Millenium Zimbabwe introduced a new policy for the music industry in 2000, which required local radio stations to broadcast 75% local (Zimbabwe) content. Restrictive as this policy was, it led to an explosion of great local talent. The policy also resulted in the emergence of a local genre known as “urban grooves.” … Continue reading