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 […]
Ticha Muzavazi’s Nyunga Mbira Handbook Launch
Renowned Zimbabwean mbira teacher, player, manufacturer and poet Ticha Muzavazi (Trust Mutekwa) will be launching a groundbreaking mbira handbook for nyunga nyunga on the 11th of March. With copies already selling fast, make sure that you get your hands on a copy. What’s in the handbook? If you are wondering […]
Voices of Ancestors with Chartwell Dutiro
The West Kootenay mbira community is excited to reconnect with our dear friend and gwenyambira master Chartwell Dutiro for a long weekend mbira intensive, October 17-20, 2013, Nelson, BC Weekend format: -Communal style of teaching by Chartwell -Daily individual and group lessons in mbira, singing/yodeling, hosho and dance -3 nights accommodation and […]