Netsayi and Black Pressure

© Netsayi & Black Pressure
Genre : Band
Principal country concerned : Column : Music
Contact details THE OFFICE PERFORMING ARTS & FILM 30
JANE STREET SUITE 5J
Tel. : +212 337 9953
Zimbabwe
http://www.netsayi.com/music/

Netsayi, singer-songwriter and 'Queen of Afrofolk' (The Daily News), is back – recording, performing and wowing audiences from New York to Harare.

After a 40-date UK tour supporting Grammy Award-winning legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Netsayi returned home to Harare in 2010, where she put together the band, Black Pressure. Her new set reveals all the familiar wit and poetry; by turns emotive, pensive and energizing with flashes of virtuosic brilliance from musicians who rework the traditional sounds of Zimbabwe to dramatic effect.

Arriving in the UK with the new millennium, Netsayi forged a reputation performing a cappella in London's backstreet, singer-songwriter clubs.  After her self-produced demo landed on BBC Radio DJ Trevor Nelson's desk, she went on to receive universal acclaim across the UK press for two albums: Chimurenga Soul and Monkey's Wedding, ('refreshingly, startlingly excellent' raved Mojo).

BLACK PRESSURE ARE:
Ray Mupfumira - tenor/soprano marimba, mbira, bass, voice
Humpfrey Domboka - baritone marimba, electric guitar, voice
T.Bright Chisvo - drumkit, ngoma, voice

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of