By Style Reporter
Afro-jazz musician Selmor Mtukudzi is in Australia where she is performing in four cities before she travels to South Africa at the end of the month for two shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Selmor, who seems to have fitted well in her late father Oliver Mtukudzi’s shoes performed in Brisbane on Friday and yesterday she had a show in Sydney.
Next Friday she flies to Melbourne before wrapping up her Australian tour with a gig in Perth the following day.
Yesterday morning the Hangasa hit maker posted on her Facebook page two pictures of herself and the band members at the beach accompanied by a caption; “Thank you Brisbane, you were fantastic. Sydney are you ready tonight [last night]? #TukuMusicLivesOn.”
Her manager Josh Hozheri said the global community was embracing the diva’s music and promised to help the musician realise her dream.
“She has big dreams and we are only here to help her realise the dreams,” said Hozheri, a respected music promoter.
“She is working on her album and we want to make sure that the album goes global, hence us having all these foreign shows.”
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Meanwhile, a top Zimbabwean entertainment hub based in South Africa — Xtratime Entertainment will host Selmor for two shows in South Africa under the banner Mukuru “Tuku” Concerts.
The shows, dubbed Selmor Mtukudzi and Friends Music Concert, are slated for November 29 and 30 in Johannesburg and Cape Town respectively.
Xtratime Entertainment and Mukuru.Com have in the past organised a number of shows south of the Limpopo in and around the month of September, which were meant to celebrate the life of the late Neria singer.
Mtukudzi was born on September 22, 1952 and died this year in January.
However, the shows were moved to this month due to xenophobic attacks in South Africa in September.
Xtratime Entertainment’s Tongai Mbidzo said it was befitting to continue with the gigs as a way of keeping Tuku’s legacy alive.
“We are pleased to announce the Selmor Mtukudzi and Friends Music Concert in Johannesburg and Cape Town during the weekend of November 29 and 30, 2019,” Mbidzo told Standard Style last week.
“The headline acts are Selmor and Sandra Mtukudzi, the daughters of the legendary Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, as a continuation of the Mukuru “Tuku” Concerts.
“Xtratime Entertainment and Mukuru’s concert relationship has existed for the past five years and, as such, we would like to continue the legacy, we started with Tuku of entertaining Mukuru and Xtratime Entertainment clients on a yearly basis in South Africa.”
Mbidzo said since the death of her father, Selmor had incorporated a lot of her father’s music on her playlist as a way to continue with the Tuku legacy and the musical journey her father established across the globe.
“The two sisters [Selmor and Sandra] have received good responses in most major cities in Zimbabwe and by popular demand by South African fans, which has compelled us at Xtratime Entertainment to embrace them in our programmes.”
Mbidzo urged Johannesburg and Cape Town residents to come and celebrate Tuku’s life with his daughters in music and dance.
“This will not be a tribute concert, but a legacy continuation concert. We are continuing a journey to entertain Zimbabweans in South Africa, which we started five years ago with Tuku,” he said.
