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Botswana: Ditaola Aims to Take SA By Storm
Published : June 30, 2009 | | Unrated |
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 Local traditional dancing group Ditaola is now based in Mafikeng, South Africa, where they hope to take the music industry by storm. Group leader Lesetlha Segomotso says they moved to South Africa at the beginning of this year. He says the market in South Africa is better, adding that they want to establish themselves south of the border. In terms of business, he says, things "are far much better there". Segomotso says business in Botswana has not been good especially after the implementation of the liquor regulations, which reduced the trading hours of bars and nightclubs.
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Zimbabwe: Usual Place an Unusual Place for Jazz
Published : June 17, 2009 | | Unrated |
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| Harare Zimbabwe:
THE Usual Place Afro-Jazz Bar of Cresta Jameson Hotel is the usual after-work rendezvous for many Harare executives and other seemingly senior citizens of the capital. Friday nights are the most hectic and are suitably dubbed "Dada's Day Out".
The Usual Place is unusual in that it is one of the freshest jazz venues in Harare. It exudes maturity and class, perhaps not at all like the legendary New York nightclub called Minton's where Bebop was born, with such jazz "greats" as Charlie "Bird" Parker, Miles Davis, Theolonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and others "jamming" regularly.
Minton's was probably not as classy or as status-filled at The Usual Place, a jazz joint which, nonetheless is frequented by people who can be said to "have arrived".
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Alison Hinds Releases Two Hot New Tracks
Published : June 13, 2009 | | Unrated |
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| Kingston, JA - Throughout the years, Soca Queen, Alison Hinds, has proven herself to be one of soca's most formidable forces, but what many still don't know is the extent of her versitility and what she brings to Reggae music. Alison's latest release, King and Queen alongside reggae singer, Richie Spice, undoubtedly proves that talent transcends the barriers of any genre.
The sultry love song pays homage to the love shared between two lovers. By all accounts the song promises to be one of the smoothest reggae tracks to hit the scene this year.
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Results for the Channel O Music Video Awards winners 2009
The 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards took place at the Carnival City in Gauteng on Thursday 29 October.
A trio of double wins turned the 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards into a show of strength for artists from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Darey Art Alade (Nigeria), Gal Level (Namibia) and Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe) each won two awards, proving their pulling power with Africa’s music fans and Channel O’s viewers who chose the winners in the 14 categories.
Darey was named Best Male at the star-studded event at Carnival City on Thursday 29 October, attended by the cream of Africa’s entertainment scene and hosted by another talented trio in Vuzu VJ Nonhle and Channel O’s own Lungile and KB.
Performers included nominees 2Face Idibia, Sound Sultan, HHP (Jabba), Nneka as well as Bongani Fassie (Jozi) & the Umoja Choir. Nigeria had five awards and South African musicians lost out again with only Khuli taking home the Best Newcomer award.
Ghana’s hopefuls Okyeame Kwame and Kwaku-T and D-Black both lost out in the three and one nominations they had respectively. |
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