FORMER Marxist Brothers band manager Nyasha Mugari wowed thousands of music lovers who attended the closing day of the Mashonaland East Province Agricultural Show held at Marondera Showground at the weekend.
BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA
The gifted Uncrackable Band frontman played some fine original dendera music, taking the crowd down the memory lane when founders of the genre, Simon and Naison Chimbetu, were alive.
The 28-year old musician, who also had a stint with Sulumani Chimbetu, played songs off his debut album Discovered before doing Chopper’s renditions.
Mugari told NewsDay that dendera music was in his blood and it had been always his dream to play at a professional level.
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“While dendera music is like any other genre, but what makes it special to me is the fact that I fell in love with it from a very tender age even before I ever dreamt of playing it at a professional level. Music has been the greatest part of my life from childhood. It was until. 2008 that I started to do it professionally when I joined the Marxist Brothers led by Tryson,” he said.
Mugari then joined Dendera Kings in 2011 doubling as a vocalist and dancer before rejoining Marxist Brothers the following year as a manager. He resigned in 2013 to go solo.
He said it was the stints with dendera musicians Sulu and Tryson that saw him gain experience and motivated him to form his outfit and added that he is overwhelmed by the response he is getting from dendera music lovers.