Proud Zimbo [Anhu Acho]

Yesterday one of my favorite artists Dereck Mpofu dropped a new track; Chimbozvizunza featuring Baba Harare, Master Shekko and Bev. The track is outside his normal sound, he went the house route and he also left his usual socially conscious lyrics for some shallow playful, naughty lyrics and that got many people enraged in the YouTube comments section. This re-ignited an argument I had with a couple of friends some time back; Why do us Zimbos love and celebrate shallow tracks and lyrics from foreign artists but crucify our own for doing the same??? This has baffled me for so long, when a local artist releases one of those shallow, playful, naughty, explicit, crazy tracks they are castrated for it but those same people condemning the artist have countless similar songs by foreign artists in their phone!!!. It makes no sense to me, why are our local artists subjected to tougher restrictions and satndards as compared to their foreign counterparts?? is it an issue of language?, is it...

My love for local music goes back to growing up in the urban grooves era, I was fortunate enough to have grown at the same time urban music grew in Zimbabwe. Since my childhood days was already sold on the potential of local artists and that belief remains up to now. That love grew deeper from the moment I attended my first live show, it opened me up to a different level of appreciation for music. I then understood those who say listening music live in unmatched. Music is entertainment so the artist has to be an entertainer. Being a great entertainer will create a greater legacy for an artist than being one who just makes songs that sound good on radio As I grew my music taste and preferences also evolved. I began to appreciate more those artists that record and perform with live instruments. There is a certain amount of magic that can only be found from live instruments. As I got into my twenties I ventured into a personal journey of listening to a lot of the so called legendary ...

The recent massive load-shedding has made listening to the radio my main source of external entertainment. Have always been a fan of radio but these days am listening to it more that I usually do. Radio provides me an escape from my ow music library and playlist, I get to enjoy someone's else playlist and get involved in various interesting topic conversations. Above all what I love about listening to the radio is I get to discover new interesting artists. Currently have been listening to So Profound a lot ( he plays   Sunday [10-12am], then 9pm-12pm on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday ) and he has been introducing me to a lot of local soulful artists that I had no idea of. One artist that I have been introduced to and fell in love with the most is Masa Caroleen. I first knew about the name last year during the Jacaranda Music Festival, I always attend these music festivals to experience those relatively unknown artists however due to some distractions ( buying alcohol ) did no...