Chibade crawls back
Some musicians are like flowers, they blossom and wilt quickly. But some shine until blown away by wind. Local music star Thomas Chibade once…
Category: Society
Talents swallowed by careers
There are some talents that for a moment take the entertainment industry by storm but quietly disappear from the limelight. Before audiences would get…
VJ ken soars in music videos
The 2018 UMP awards were held a couple of weeks ago, where the deserving in the urban music scene got their payback time. VJ…
Umakwana refashions Piksy
On the night of the Urban Music People (UMP) awards in Blantyre at Robin’s Park on December 29, the mood at the VIP section…
Drug interactions
Medicines help us feel better and stay healthy. But, sometimes drug interactions can cause problems. There are three types of drug interactions: drug-drug; drug-food…
2018 cultural fests And political vultures
Cultural festivals reigned supreme in 2018, as most tribal groupings, in the name of cultural heritage, decided to come together. From Mdauku wa Atonga…
Blazing Bushiri bushfire
That Prophet Shepherd Bushiri is undoubtedly one of the most famous Malawians in history is a given fact. His appeal on the global arena…
Retracing Mbenjere
The quest to get hold of one-time Malawi’s music sensation Lawrence Mbenjere looked like it will frustratingly go on forever. Efforts to find his…
Ron CZ: Music video master
With technological advancement, it is easy for anyone to venture into video-making using their cameras. Yet, it takes special talent and skill to produce…
Chitimbe tickles with commentary
In English, Innocent Chitimbe’s surname is a tree called ‘camel’s foot’. Ironically, he is innocently evergreen as the tropical tree where football commentary is…
Roy’s fashion view
The world has slid into an era where dressing goes beyond the purposes of covering one’s modesty but also an act of laying down…
Kumbatira breaks body-building jinx
Who can think of a female body-builder? The gender stereotype rocking most areas of society has its grip even in sports, where a female…
Wendy, Lulu defiant
Almost 15 years ago a new song hit the airwaves. It was unique both in its production and the subject it was tackling. The…
Are cultural fests unifying?
Normally, cultural festivals are supposed to foster unity. Renowned writer and spoken word artist Q Malawezi could not have said it any better in…
FM 101 Power one-time prowess
Radio occupies a special place in the collective imagination of Malawians. Come to think of it, television in Malawi hit the airwaves 35 years…
Dying for love
In the song Sindilola, little known artist Chikumbutso Nansanganya expresses love to a girl. He talks of that ‘till death do us part’ cliché.…
Trumpet budding star
When the inaugural Lilongwe Jazz Festival (LJF) announced its plan to expose children to the music genre, some might have thought it was just…
Remembering Musamude
In 2001, one of the country’s emerging reggae outfits, Black Missionaries, appeared to be facing a bleak future. The founder, main composer and lead…
De rock lives on
It is only in rare cases that one can sustain a passion for years on end without suffering a burn out or developing a…
Voices from Ndirande
Ndikuyimbanso mobweleza/ndimolimba mtima/milomo yangayi siyidzamera ndele’…Malawi’s top notch gospel group Ndirande Anglican Voices sings in the new song Ndilibwino Kobasi from their latest album…