Events
Mbira singing workshop with Anna Mudeka
Join Anna Mudeka for a special mbira singing workshop on Saturday 25th March at Cranworth Village hall from 10am-4pm. Audiences will be transported to Zimbabwe through music which has been played for over a thousand years by the Shona people. Anna will talk and play the Mbira and share traditional songs with
Moor Mbira 2017 with Chartwell Dutiro
Take part in the 6th Moor Mbira camp for three days of playing, sharing and learning Mbira Music with Chartwell Dutiro at the stunning Hillyfield woodland farm on Dartmoor. This is a small, family friendly and intimate camp. Mbira players of levels of all welcome. We will be Camping, Sharing Food &
Mbira Education
Is YouTube a good place for learning mbira?
A search for “mbira tutorial” on YouTube will bring up many lessons in various teaching styles on how to play different types of mbira. How many of these videos are actually good? How many will lead you down a fool’s errand in your mbira learning journey? Is learning mbira on
Multimedia digital ethnographic archive of Tute Chigamba
Jennifer Kyker has embarked on a research project focused on the musical life of one of her earliest mbira teachers: Sekuru Tute Chigamba, a renowned performer of the Zimbabwean mbira dzavadzimu, or “mbira of the ancestral spirits.”
Music Bag
New Mbira Album: Chawapiwa by Forward Kwenda Mbira Madzimbahwe
Mbira master Forward Kwenda has collaborated with two of his students to release a new mbira album, Chawapiwa. It’s an 8 track album offering a number of favourites for many mbira enthusiasts and players. The album is a result of a collaboration that was proposed by Forward Kwenda to his
Zim Traditional Music Takes Ireland By Storm
Zimbabwe-born musician Gabriel Makamanzi leads a music outfit — Afresh — based in Belfast, Ireland which plays a fusion of Zimbabwe traditional music supported by Irish musicians.