music review – Becoming The Muse

Of Bho Zvangu – Holy Ten Lyrics and Translation

16 Jan 202117 Jan 2021

Bho Zvangu is a track by Zimbabwean rap sensation Holy Ten. The track premiered on YouTube on 30 Oct 2020 as an animated track and has been smouldering until it…

Of One To Look Out For Batsirai Shasha

8 Dec 20208 Dec 2020

Energetic and passionate are two words that best describe Batsirai. If you're having coffee with him, then I'd prescribe something non-caffeinated because his energy is catching and he exudes enough…

Of Mama Say Mama Sa Makossa

26 Nov 202026 Nov 2020

When I was growing up Michael Jackson was quite a big deal, I wanted to dance like him, sing like be him in fact I think I wanted to be…

Of The Lion Sleeps Tonight

19 Nov 202020 Nov 2020

The urge to sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight is always a whim away; a whim away, a whim away, a wimoweh, a wimoweh, a wimoweh, a wimoweh. In the jungle,…

Of Weekend Special

7 Nov 20206 Nov 2020

I begun this week with a song a dedication to the Friday feeling, an ode for the week to end, for Friday to come and the weekend to begin… That…

Defining Moments…

Of Woza Friday

2 Nov 20202 Nov 2020

Woza Friday is an expression that has come to express That Friday Feeling, that cheers to the freaking weekend, I'm about to have me some fun…. You would think that…

Defining Moments…

Of Madonna’s Like A Prayer

29 Oct 202029 Oct 2020

From my childhood, one of the songs I sort of knew word for word was Madonna’s Like Prayer. The song has been on my mind ever since @Melindrea mentioned the opening…

Of What Did I say? Mandie Mae Lyrics

27 Oct 202027 Oct 2020

Scrolling through the internet I came across this breath of fresh air, an Afrodancehall track by a Chipinge born, Bulawayo raised artist, Nomagugu Amanda Nkomo aka Mandie Mae (Bad Gyal)…

Of A Cry From Africa

24 Oct 202024 Oct 2020

A Cry From Africa is a new single featuring Zimbabwean and South African musicians. ‘A Cry From Africa’ a soulful track with heart-wrenching lyrics is meant to pierce the conscious…

Of Cecilia Breaking My Heart

The soundtrack to my childhood is music that played on a ZBC TV programme which used to be called Mvengemvenge (meaning assorted) which later became Mutinhimira wemimhanzi/Ezomgido meaning the rhythm…

Of Amai – Holy Ten Lyrics And Translation

This track by Holy Ten struck a chord with me, the story has become familiar for a lot in our generation. Amai means mother in Shona. Reminds me of listening…

Of Ndaremerwa – Holy Ten Lyrics And Translation

24 Aug 202015 Sep 2020

Music like poetry is a mirror that reflects if not the nature of the artist then the world around the art. I have this song on my playlist by an…