The current evolution being experienced in Zambia leaves much to be desired after analysing the driving forces behind the resurgence of the musical industry we are witnessing today. Questions that ...

FIVE years is indeed a long time in any field of involvement for one to take stock of the past record. In Zambian politics, it is after the same period that presidential and parliamentary elections ...

I wanted to find out what distinctive features were present in Zambian music as well as collate a list of current musicians ...

There is a saying in the Bemba language, “Zambia ku chalo”, which means “Zambia to the world”. It has become something of a philosophy for Sampa Tembo, better known by her stage name, Sampa the Great.

On the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, inside a hulking, graffiti-bedecked industrial building, a distinct lilting reverberates through sterile halls. Behind one of the many nondescript doors is ...

Bottles beaten with nails, pennywhistles, homemade ukeleles and lyrics about stress, AIDS and even a rebellion sparked by child sacrifice — the music captured on this disc is nothing if not “real.” ...

Protest music has a long and honourable tradition in southern Africa. In the colonial era, it began at least as long ago as 1897, when the South African songwriter Enoch Sontonga wrote his classic ...

Two things become clear when talking to Sampa the Great. One, her unwavering national pride in being Zambian. Two, the infectious energy that carries into her music. Over Zoom, we greet each other in ...

R&B singer John Chiti's latest track, "Corona virus", is about the way people with disabilities have been forgotten during the crisis Coronavirus is changing the world in unprecedented ways. Subscribe ...

He died on Thursday after succumbing to injuries sustained in a road accident on New Year’s Eve. The accident, which occurred in the Kapiri Mposhi region, claimed four lives, including Dandy Krazy.