Friday 29 August 2008
Tuku rebuffs musical menopause at Birmingham gig.
By: Michael Chipato
Oliver Mutukudzi and the Black Spirits performance at Birmingham’s Carling Academy over the weekend switched fans and revelers into ecstatic mode during the band’s ongoing UK Summer Tour. The tour is set to be wrapped up with an open air epic performance at this year’s Zimfest 2008 in London on the 30th of August 2008.
Tuku continued to prove to his critics that he occupies the sharp diamond- headed pinnacle of Zimbabwean music, not giving in to the exigencies of his age …still fresh, yet mature, youthful…yet full of wisdom and undoubtedly getting better with age.Tuku’s performance showed that he has not reached the stage of musical menopause. ‘The composition of the band is fresh, vibrant, disciplined, brilliant, and breathes new life into Tuku musical symmetry. It makes Tuku even younger’, said veteran drummer guru Sam Mataure in an interview. The entire band members are agile thus methodically gyrated the night away.
The choreography is sweeter and Onai Mutizwa’s dance moves whist romancing the mbira can best be described as smooth (She has been nicknamed Smoothie, courtesy to a Birmingham Tuku fan) , Charles Chipanga’s artistry was mellow, and Never Mpofu’s mastery of the Bass guitar was spontaneous. Namatai Mubariki lulled the crowd with meticulous percussion control.Commmenting on the composition of the young band members who have been with him for the past year, Tuku said that, ‘Hapana mudiki apa…VESE VAHOMBE!’. Tuku has an established legendary musical history and brand internationally and to hear him say that shows that he is such a humbling and selfless artist keen on valuing all artists in the band.
Tuku music followers continue to swell outside the Zimbabwean borders and the multicultural composition of his audience is ample evidence of how well received his musical brand is. ‘I fell in love with Tuku music ten years ago and it is true love and not infatuation’, remarked one fan.
The house was set ablaze by the song, ‘Tozeza baba’, as Birmingham received a payback performance following the cancellation of a gig set in Birmingham earlier on during the year.
Tuku music is no Bubble gum type of music. It is eternal!
By: Michael Chipato
Oliver Mutukudzi and the Black Spirits performance at Birmingham’s Carling Academy over the weekend switched fans and revelers into ecstatic mode during the band’s ongoing UK Summer Tour. The tour is set to be wrapped up with an open air epic performance at this year’s Zimfest 2008 in London on the 30th of August 2008.
Tuku continued to prove to his critics that he occupies the sharp diamond- headed pinnacle of Zimbabwean music, not giving in to the exigencies of his age …still fresh, yet mature, youthful…yet full of wisdom and undoubtedly getting better with age.Tuku’s performance showed that he has not reached the stage of musical menopause. ‘The composition of the band is fresh, vibrant, disciplined, brilliant, and breathes new life into Tuku musical symmetry. It makes Tuku even younger’, said veteran drummer guru Sam Mataure in an interview. The entire band members are agile thus methodically gyrated the night away.
The choreography is sweeter and Onai Mutizwa’s dance moves whist romancing the mbira can best be described as smooth (She has been nicknamed Smoothie, courtesy to a Birmingham Tuku fan) , Charles Chipanga’s artistry was mellow, and Never Mpofu’s mastery of the Bass guitar was spontaneous. Namatai Mubariki lulled the crowd with meticulous percussion control.Commmenting on the composition of the young band members who have been with him for the past year, Tuku said that, ‘Hapana mudiki apa…VESE VAHOMBE!’. Tuku has an established legendary musical history and brand internationally and to hear him say that shows that he is such a humbling and selfless artist keen on valuing all artists in the band.
Tuku music followers continue to swell outside the Zimbabwean borders and the multicultural composition of his audience is ample evidence of how well received his musical brand is. ‘I fell in love with Tuku music ten years ago and it is true love and not infatuation’, remarked one fan.
The house was set ablaze by the song, ‘Tozeza baba’, as Birmingham received a payback performance following the cancellation of a gig set in Birmingham earlier on during the year.
Tuku music is no Bubble gum type of music. It is eternal!
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- Michael Chipato
- Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Michael Chipato is a social and development scientist currently living in Birmingham.Over the years issues pertaining social inequalities, dictatorship, political oppression and gender disparities have been his research focus.As an artist, journalist and academic Michael's philosophy of life is greatly influenced by Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) ... a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Senghor was the first African to sit as a member of the Académie française. He was also the founder of the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. Senghor created the concept of Négritude, an important intellectual movement that sought to assert and to valorize what they believed to be distinctive African characteristics, values, and aesthetics..He does not condone oppression and violence in any shape or form.
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