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: Why Zamrock is back in play
Over the past few years, Zambia's music scene has grown in prominence, especially thanks to the successes of political songs such as Bufi or Dandy Krazy's election-changing Donchi Kubeba. But music as ...
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: 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: Why The Zambian Hip-Hopper 'B Flow' Changed His Tune
Brian "B Flow" Bwembya used to make music for lovers, donning shades and gold chains in music videos and singing "You're the reason for my life, you're the only one I would make my wife" to pretty ...
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: They Found It! The Long-Lost Album By Zambia's President: 'We Shall Fight HIV/AIDS'
The late Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda knew that speeches were not the only way to deliver messages. He was known for making statements through songs – like the 11 tracks on his 2005 album We Shall ...
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: Zambia’s music star Dandy Krazy dies at 47
He died on Thursday after succumbing to injuries sustained in a road accident on New Year’s Eve. The accident, which occurred in the Kapiri Mposhi region, claimed four lives, including Dandy Krazy.