06/29/2018
New single: Famba with Mbira Renaissance !
Famba (Single), by The Mbira Renaissance Band 1 track album
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Mbira Player * Artist * Geographer * Creative The mbira is a polyrhymthic instrument hailing from the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
Chaka neMbira is a creative startup aimed at pushing the boundaries of tradition in order to encourage the creative expression of mbira culture through a diverse range of art forms including visual art, spoken word, fashion and design. Rich in tradition and culture it can serve as a point of reference for understanding Shona and Zimbabwean identity and charting a path for the future
06/29/2018
07/10/2017
*new song alert*
https://mbirarenaissance.bandcamp.com/track/guramatunhu-the-traveller
This is the story of a family vehicle named 'Guramatunhu' aka Gura,
(translated: The Traveller / Conqueror of Towns). Gura, a faithful servant, for a decade and a half, carried members of a very large, extended family across Zimbabwe to various family functions: weddings; funerals; road trips; doctors visits; vacations; work visits- often over mountains, through rivers and rough, bumpy, dust roads.
Dedicated to Ranga Zinyemba and Alice Zinyemba- the original owners of Guramatunhu,on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary, without whom the story of Gura would have never been. Played it for the first time at their anniversary in Borrowdale, Zimbabwe last month.
Many thanks to the Mbira Renaissance bandmates for the arrangement, backing vocals and guitar solo. Special thanks to Munya Mataruse for his production work and sprinkling some magic!
Guramatunhu (The Traveller), by Mbira Renaissance Guramatunhu (The Traveller) by Mbira Renaissance, released 10 June 2017 English Translation (Shona lyrics below): I remember those days dad- with Guramatunhu we travelled everywhere To Gutu and to Mhondoro, I know that even people in Lilongwe (Malawi) knew Gura, We travelled in the Mozambican heat,…
04/01/2017
come watch us play!
The Mbira Renaissance Band Music For Your Spirit!
03/11/2017
Please watch and see how you can help save one of Harare's only creative hubs! Moto Republik Magamba TV
01/10/2017
Happy new year everybody :) Here is a track that we've been working on with Mbira Renaissance. We recorded this live at the Metro Cinema a week ago. We have a little video coming up soon!
The Mbira Renaissance Band: Daira (Recorded Live at the Garneau Theatre, Edmonton,Alberta) Title: Daira Artist: The Mbira Renaissance Band Sound Producer: Scott Franchuk (Riverdale Recorders)
Happy to be playing for Alberta's Premier tomorrow at her annual breakfast to kick off K-days!
06/27/2016
Playing our brand new song "Shamwari Yangu (My friend)" at the The Works Art & Design Festival with Mbira Renaissance and our good friend Leonard Nicoll ! We'll be playing more of this tomorrow evening, and at Zimfest 2016 in Oregon this summer. We still have our GoFundMe for this trip running here: https://www.gofundme.com/mbira-zimfest?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n
Thanks Nonsikelelo Mathe for the clip!
06/22/2016
Hey all! Did I mention that along with Mbira Renaissance I will be going to the U.S this summer for Zimfest 2016?! We are pretty excited and would appreciate as much support as we can get! If you'd like to pitch in, check out our GoFundma page. We just reached 10% of our goal!
https://www.gofundme.com/mbira-zimfest
Click here to support Mbira Renaissance @ Zimfest (U.S.A) by Chaka Zee Mbira Renaissance, has been invited to feature as guest artists at this years' Zimbabwe Music Festival (Zimfest) 2016 . The event is held in conjuction with the department of music at Western Oregon University (Monmouth, Oregon,USA). We are inviting you to help us along on our journey to Oregon...
Hey all, I was meant to co-host last night's EMCN Rise awards at Northlands with City TV weather host Josh Classen, however I want to thank the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers for showing solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Ft McMurray who have been affected by the wildfire disaster. The event has been postponed and all food was donated to emergency relief shelter at the Northlands. Like many others in Alberta, Josh and I have also found ourselves working round the clock to help where we can. If you would like to volunteer, please see the Edmonton Emergency Relief Social Services website for details on how you can help.
04/12/2016
Some tracks from our group based here in Edmonton !
Tisvikeiwo, by Mbira Renaissance 3 track album
01/22/2016
Hey all! I'm taking part in a number of events and will be sharing them over the next few days. The first one is a fundraiser for afroquiz, a jeopardy style competition about african and carribean history! You can check out more details right here! https://afroquizfundraiser.eventbrite.ca
Afroquiz Fundraiser The Council for Canadians of African and Carribean Heritage (CCACH) invites you to its annual AfroQuiz fundraiser! Join us for a buffet dinner, live art auction, live entertainment and some good wine! Tickets are $50 per adult and $35 for children. Please note all children must be supervised! AfroQu…
Happy new year everyone!
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