By Style Reporter
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED urban grooves crooner TK Hollun says he will hit the road hard in a bid to promote his latest album titled Blood Pressure. The artiste, born Tendekayi Mushekwi, told Standard Style that apart from going around South Africa promoting his sixth project, he was mulling over to getting back to music full-time.
He is among hordes of Zimbabwean artistes who have joined the “great trek” to South Africa where he has been based for over a decade.
Famed for the song Ndafunga Kure, TK Hollun is a multi-talented artiste who is also doing well as a producer, having established a studio, Shakestone Records, in Durban.
The artiste has the advantage of the month of love and will embark on a tour dubbed Blood Pressure Valentine’s Tour meant to celebrate love and promote his album.
“I will be travelling alongside Bazooka to Johannesburg on February 14 and the following day we will be back in Durban for another show. These shows are dubbed Blood Pressure Valentine’s Tour,” he said.
“The idea is to promote my latest album as we celebrate love, which is the main theme of the album.”
The Johannesburg leg of the tour will be held at Safari International Hotel and supporting acts will include Daisy, Lioness, Briss Mbada, Don Diva as well as DJs Goofvybes, Timeless and MC GB, among others.
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In Durban, a myriad of Zimbabwean artistes based in South Africa, including Youn Danny, Chidzidzo hit maker James Adams, Tally Faya, Ray Maputsi and Kuda Bonomati, among others, will warm up the stage.
TK Hollun is now using a live band.
“I have managed to assemble a live band which is made up of Congolese and Zimbabweans,” he said.
“The band also played at the launch of the album in Durban and people really enjoyed the music.”
Recorded at TK Hollun’s studio — Shakestone Records in Durban — Blood Pressure, a 12-track album, consists of heart-touching love songs as well as tracks that relate to the artiste’s life experiences.
Other songs on the album include Ndafunga Kumba, Ndinokuda, Holy Ghost, Denga, Ready, Turn Up, Heavy Party, BOM (Based On Money) and On Fire, among others.
In Zimbabwe the song Blood Pressure is doing well on local radio stations, especially on Radio Zimbabwe where it entered the charts. The single is also accompanied by a video.
“I think I am not doing enough to market my album both in Zimbabwe and South Africa. I am thinking of quitting my job to concentrate on music, but it’s something I am yet to decide,” TK Hollun said.
The musician, one of a few survivors of the urban grooves era, said he was eager to return to Zimbabwe and do shows to revive the urban grooves genre.
Urban grooves became popular around the year 2000 when the government came up a deliberate policy to promote local arts by enforcing a 75% threshold for broadcasting local content on national radio stations.
On the album, which was produced by Nigerian Capt Blu and Adams, TK Hollun features young Zimbabwean rapper Swiss Blizzle on the track Heavy Party and Capt Blu and Zimbabwean King Asali feature on the track Turn Up.
Adams, who has been in South Africa for some time, is featured on the track Mukuru.
