GOSPEL musician Bishop Ollah Juru, who has collaborated with Alick Macheso on his forthcoming album, hailed the sungura ace’s humility.
Report by Silence Charumbira
The bishop was speaking recently on their collaboration and said he is pleased with Macheso’s character.
“Macheso is a humble man,” he said.
“He is a down-to-earth character who does not look at his achievements, but treats everyone uniformly.”
He said it is for that sole reason that he initially considered collaborating with him.
“Macheso was the natural choice and it worked well for my concept which has seen me concentrate on sungura for this album,” said Juru.
“I chose sungura because it is a genre that communicates with the people so the message is delivered without a problem.
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“The beats are catchy and you are guaranteed to get audience from various agegroups. It is the kind of music that the mother, father, brother and sister can listen to together.”
Titled Matenda Enyika, the album is laden with gospel messages that are synonymous with the musician.
Macheso played his traditional bass guitar on the track Betrayal while he sang on the first Emanuwere which distinguishes the track from the rest.
On the album, Juru said he engaged a new band Jirozvi Stars named after his popular joint in Chivhu which shares the same name.
For his gospel recordings, he said he has turned to accappella.
Some of the tracks to expect on the soon-to-be-released album are Rufu, Chivandire and Handina kudzidza.
The band, however, did a splendid job rising to the occasion making the album worthy attention.
Juru is based in Pretoria, South Africa, where he is one of the directors of property concern Masekela.
He owns numerous properties in Zimbabwe that include residential and commercial stands around the country.
He also owns other properties in South Africa and Botswana.
In the wide-ranging interview, he said he was disturbed by the bitter relationship between Macheso and Sulumani Chimbetu who he said is like a son to him. “When Sulu’s father died, some of his sons stayed at my house and they have been like my own,” he said.
“What disturbs me is Sulu’s relationship with Macheso which does not help anyone. It is tough for someone like me who is friends with either party.”
