Zimbabwe: Chinyakare meets Chirungu
Netsayi’s mbira teacher once told her that she might have been tasked with the responsibility of making Zimbabwean traditional music make sense to a new generation. That new generation takes in the ghetto youth, suburban city-dwellers and those in the Diaspora for whom African culture has become synonymous with witchcraft, boredom and everything not hip.
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Instead of reiterating the usual tales of disease, poverty and spell-casting, this edgy singer/songwriter uses her four-octave range and astute observation to represent everyday Africans and the new position in which they finds themselves.
After a two-year hiatus from playing live (which has included touring with Grammy Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and supporting the likes of K’naan), Netsayi returns with a refocused sound and new energy. Drawing inspiration from the canon of Zimbabwe’s lesser-known folk songs, she is on a mission to deliver her pimped-up traditional sound to Southern Africa and beyond.
Beginning this spring with shows at The Slave Church and Tagoré’s in Cape Town, South Africa, and culminating in a live recording for New York’s public radio from the Greene Space in New York, we’re very excited to introduce you to Zimbabwe’s most relevant and irreverent new musical voice.
Contact info@netsayi.com or visit www.netsayi.com and join her mailing list to receive the latest news and information on where she will be playing.
