Flowers for King Kandoro’s Unplugged 3.0, proof that Zimbabwe can do big events without SA artists as headliners By @HillaryTakudzwa & @TawandaIsMyName For starters, we do sincerely hope that our headline here does not make people apoplectic. There is enough justification why we chose such wording. King Kandoro's third edition of Unplugged sold out First Capital Bank Sports Club on an all-local lineup and it's time somebody said so properly. We will circle back to this very important aspect later on in this piece. On Saturday, 29 August 2026, at First Capital Bank Sports Club, Unplugged came back (the last edition had been in March) and by the time the night wrapped, King Kandoro and his team had answered a question the industry keeps sidestepping: can an all-local lineup actually sell out a show? The ground was packed to the brim. The tickets were gone. Flowers are owed, so here they are. @KingKandoro and his team proved, definitively, that an all-local lineup can sell out a ground—even if the wider industry still needs more artists to lock in and build that kind of value consistently for it to be lucrative every time out. We have been waxing lyrical about all the performances of the day in this piece, and justifiably so. The point being that there is no need to have South African artists as headliners for big shows all the time (key emphasis here being 'all the time,' kindly take note of that). READ MORE: zimsphere.co.zw/2026/09/flow…

Album Review: Lokeshenships by Dingo Duke - Arguably the best album of the year Dingo Duke called his album Lokeshenships, and the title alone says more than most albums do in 17 tracks. We wrote about the history behind the word, the shebeen culture that shaped it, and why this might be the most human Zim Hip Hop record in years. This is a visceral yet lovely account of poverty but without sounding impoverished. An account of crime without sounding like a police report. A top-tier album! Read the full review 👇 zimsphere.co.zw/2026/10/albu…