How Gwenyagitare Got His Groove
How Gwenyagitare Got His Groove
And if music is a language unto itself, Monolio's guitar speaks with a Zimbabwean accent throughout his work, from the great Tuku albums, the Chamhembe renaissance and the Afrika Revenge-Pax Afro years to the Zimdancehall turn and guns of the new decade like Mbeu and Tocky Vibes. Not yet 50, Mono has played more than 1000 albums, sungura, chimurenga, reggae, rhumba, even holding his own as the go-to guitarist for the Pentecostal community.
By Mukoma Onai | April 20, 2017
Once upon a time in Zimbabwe, a hacker was someone who bent over mbira keys, thumbed his way into your soul and messed around till time meant nothing to you. Since then, generations of lead guitarists from Stanley Manatsa to Trust Samende have made their case as the new keep...