BY CHIEDZA MAZHANGARA IT is only five months before the year ends and it appears 2022 is a sungura year as the genre continues to dominate the showbiz scene.
Sungura musicians appear to be on a marathon race by releasing albums one after another.
Senior lecturer, as Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zakaria is fondly known in the entertainment industry, was the first to release his 29th album titled Musabvunda in April.
After the Zomvela Mvela hitmaker, his protégé Alick Macheso released his 12th album titled Tinosvitswa Nashe.
Following Macheso’s release, in came yet another sungura star, Mark Ngwazi with his latest offering Nharo Nezvinenharo.
And last week on Friday, Simon “Personally” Mutambi joined the sungura league launching his 10th six-track album Uchataura Zvese at East Point (formerly Jazz 105) in the capital.
To give it all to the sungura guys, next month on August 27, Romeo Gasa is expected to unleash his latest album, Phone yaBaba iMhiripiri.
At his album launch last week, Mutambi was honoured to have Macheso as the guest of honour who later blessed him with US$500 and promised to give him a bass guitar.
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Macheso narrated how he groomed and nurtured Mutambi to become the artiste he is today.
“I want to hand over to him (Mutambi) a bass guitar, however, I do not have it here with me. I want to give him the guitar so he can play it very well till it exhausts,” Macheso said.
“I am encouraging you (Mutambi) to work hard and respect your band. Whatever misunderstandings which might arise between you and the band, I urge you to resolve everything peacefully.”
Mutambi also took time to show his gratitude to veteran sungura singer Somandla Ndebele, applauding him for being his role model since childhood.
Mutambi was also supported by an array of fellow artistes, among them Progress Chipfumo, Gushungo, Killer T and Mark Ngwazi.
The highest bidder for the album on the night was Boss Fire who bought it for US$600 with Ngwazi and Killer T paying US$100 apiece.
Killer T said he purchased the disc to advocate against piracy that continued to rip off artistes across genres of their sweat.
Songs on Mutambi’s album are Zvinamatire, Dananai Kwenyu, Murombo, Zvinoita Rudo, Tariro and Danwa Nemutupo.
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