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Music
Growing up in the dusty streets
of Kambuzuma, as a young
cadre Brian Nyahuma used
to listen and imitated to
the classic music of James Chimombe,
Bhundu Boys, Tobias Ariketa and Marshal
Munhumumwe and soon his passion for
music grew.
Today the pint-sized artiste has either
perfomed or collaborated with the who’s
who in the local music industry from the
late greats Adam Chisvo, Sam Mtukudzi,
Chiwoniso Maraire to Victor Kunonga,
Alexio Kawara, Philip Svosve, Mono
Mukundu and Rute Mbangwa to name
just a few.
“I started music when I was in grade
with marimba instruments, so I just fell
in love with the instrument and would
sneak in to listen to what the senior guys
were playing.
“One day the teacher caught me and
asked me to play after him or risk being
punished and to my surprise I imitated the
tune and that’s how I was incorporated
into the band,” said the former Wadzanai
Primary student.
“We used to go to the Agricultural show
at the then Lever Brothers stand playing
marimba and I continued into high school.
I remember playing with some of the guys
from Hohodza marimba band.
“In 1998 when I was in form 4 I was
offered a deal by Hohodza to join them
for a French tour but sadly my parents
never liked the idea and I missed that
opportunity to travel with the band,” he
said.
As fate would have it in 2004 there
was a compilation that was being made at
Connected Studios and Brian was invited
by a friend to try his luck, which he did
but unfortunately the producers couldn’t
add his afro-fusion song as they argued it
was too different from the Urban Grooves
sound featured on the album.
“Uri Muroyi” but couldn’t be part of the
album because back then Urban Grooves
was dominating.
“They gave me my song and some
of the people who heard it, liked it and
encouraged me to record my own music,”
he said.
A decade is way too long a time to
carry a dream, however, the 32 year-old
did not only that, but also managed to
make his dream a reality by recording his
debut album “So They Say” in 2007.
“I then found someone who was willing
to sponsor me to record an album and I
said.
Just as the case is with several
artistes, Brian recorded another album
titled “Ndingatii Zvangu” which did not
really penetrate the market, “mainly due
something in store for him.
“My breakthrough came when I
recorded my third album “Hausi Wega”
which got me into the mainstream
industry as I got a marketing contract
from Metro Studios and I also did a video
All that jazz fro
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The Parade - Zimbabwe’s Most Read Lifestyle Magazine
August 2014