Zambia News News Zambia » Music: Zambia: Is Zambian Music Still in Wilderness?
The current evolution being experienced in Zambia leaves much to be desired after analysing the driving forces behind the resurgence of the musical industry we are witnessing today. Questions that ...
News Zambia » Music: Zambia: Setting the Gospel Music Record Straight
Because Christians in Zambia and other parts of the world still clash over what Gospel music is or should be, it is necessary to remind all interested parties about those things that are more ...
News Zambia » Music: Zambia’s Psychedelic Zamrock Is Having a Second Life
This is part of Global Sounds, a collection of stories spotlighting the music trends forging connections in 2024. It’s 9:45 p.m. on a Sunday evening, and the packed auditorium of Greenwich Village’s ...
News Zambia » Music: Zambian independence celebration brings international allyship to Woodland
The Zambian Association in Northern California (ZANC) will celebrate Zambia’s 62nd independence anniversary on Saturday, Oct.24, bringing Zambian families, regional guests and friends of Zambia ...
News Zambia » Music: Sampa the Great has a mission: to take Zambian music global
There is a saying in the Bemba language, “Zambia ku chalo”, which means “Zambia to the world”. It has become something of a philosophy for Sampa Tembo, better known by her stage name, Sampa the Great.
News Zambia » Music: Season of the Witch: Zambian Rock Pioneers on Conjuring a Beautiful Comeback
On the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, inside a hulking, graffiti-bedecked industrial building, a distinct lilting reverberates through sterile halls. Behind one of the many nondescript doors is ...
News Zambia » Music: Liberation Music: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Zambia
Protest music has a long and honourable tradition in southern Africa. In the colonial era, it began at least as long ago as 1897, when the South African songwriter Enoch Sontonga wrote his classic ...
News Zambia » Music: The death and rebirth of the distinctive sounds of Zambia
As rightly stated by writer Lisa Insansa, Zambia’s music scene has experienced multiple deaths and rebirths, reflective of turbulent social, economic, and political realities. However, the country’s ...
News Zambia » Music: How the ‘Zed Beats’ music movement give Zambians back their voice
Zed Beats is a music movement that evolved in the late 1980s when young producers started using computers to blend western music with local languages and flavour. Today it’s an umbrella term for ...
News Zambia » Music: Zed Beats: how home studios reinvented Zambian pop music and gave young people a voice
Zed Beats is a music movement that evolved in the late 1980s when young producers started using computers to blend western music with local languages and flavour. Today it’s an umbrella term for ...