One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since last year ...

Zimbabwe’s most successful and internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi died on Wednesday, January 23 after suffering from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums.

Mtukudzi began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. Their single Dzandimomotera went gold and Tuku's first album followed, which was also a ...

Zimbabwean pop singer Oliver Mtukudzi is dead. According to South African media outlet the Times Live, Todii hit song singer died on Wednesday afternoon though more details pertaining to his death are ...

With the possible exception of Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi is the most popular musician Zimbabwe has ever had. Mtukudzi's updating of the local Shona tradition -- flavored by borrowings from South ...

For better or worse, everyone leaves a mark on the world. That's the underlying theme of Oliver Mtukudzi's Tsimba Itsoka, which means "No foot, no footprint. Though only his second release since ...

Hear one of Zimbabwe's greatest artists, recorded live in concert with his band The Black Spirits at New York City's Webster Hall. Oliver Mtukudzi And The Black Spirits: globalFEST 2013 GlobalFEST is ...

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi blends the influences, percussive sounds, and language of his native Zimbabwe with modern instruments and jazz-inflected arrangements on Nhava. On ...

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Musician Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is considered a national treasure in his native Zimbabwe. He also has fans around the world (Bonnie Raitt is one of them). Mtukudzi plays traditional percussion-based ...