TROY – Zimbabwe’s Chiwoniso,an eight piece Afro-Soul Band, brings its music and its message to The Sanctuary for Independent Media, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16. The group is led by front woman Chiwoniso ...

The Zimbabwean mbira player and chanteuse died tragically young at 37, before she had fulfilled her vast potential. Her legacy, however, lives on. Chiwoniso Maraire was a singular talent of the 1970s ...

Chiwoniso's album Ancient Voices made her a star of the World Music scene in the 1990s. She played the mbira, or thumb piano, which only men were traditionally supposed to play in Zimbabwe. She died ...

The Harare International Festival of the Arts 2012, which was dubbed "A Show of Spirit", has come and gone but the memories of the melodious sounds of music produced during the six days from May 1-6 ...

Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso grew up on a soundtrack of Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and even Mozart. But her father, an ethnomusicologist, made sure that she also knew the songs ...

For singer/songwriter Chiwoniso Maraire, Monday’s debut performance at Jazz Alley is like coming home. One of Zimbabwe’s biggest stars, Chiwoniso, who records and performs solely under her first name, ...

One of Zimbabwe's best known singers, Chiwoniso Maraire, has died aged 37, her manager says. Chiwoniso's album Ancient Voices made her a star of the World Music scene in the 1990s. She played the ...