Line up

• Stella Chiweshe (mbira, vocals, perc.)

• country:
  Zimbabwe
• region:
  Southern Africa
• style(s):
  Afro
• label:
  Piranha Musik
• type:
  Band, Solist
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  art.e.m / artists & event management

Zimbabwe's foremost mbira player Stella Rimbisai Chiweshe - The Queen of Mbira - haunting mbira lines with percussion and call & response singing behind her evocative vocals. She sings and plays songs of liberation, spiritual experience and social commentary. The mbira dzaVadzimu, the classic Zimbabwean thumb-piano, is a medium for playing songs handed down from generation to gerneration for centuries, used for maintaining contact with the spirits of the Shona people.

Performances: solo | quartet (2 mbira, percussion, drums) | band (2 mbira, marimba, guitar, bass, drums and percussion)
Workshops in different kinds of art and tradition

Upcoming tour - ask for dates: March 2008

Links

• Stella Chiweshe @ art.e.m
• Stella Chiweshe's personal HP