Live Tour & Archives
Every past show remains documented here, building our digital record of live traditional performances.
UPCOMING EVENTS
LIVE SHOW
Eastlea South Traditional Arts Festival
Eastlea South Community Grounds — Harare, Zimbabwe
Annual gathering celebrating mbira music and Shona cultural arts, led by Sekuru Gore & Mazana Movement.
LIVE SHOW
Bira reMbira 3rd Edition — A Tribute to Ambuya Stella Chiweshe
Glamis — Harare, Zimbabwe
Bira reMbira · In partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe
Bira reMbira returns for its third edition as a tribute to Ambuya Stella Chiweshe. An annual festival held every September — the month the Government of Zimbabwe designated as Mbira Month — dedicated to the preservation, celebration and promotion of intangible cultural heritage. A pungwe: it opens at 10AM and plays through.
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PAST GIG ARCHIVE
Mbira Machokoto Live Recording
Strawberry Ghetto Salt Studios / Rural Site — Rushinga, Zimbabwe
FIELD ARCHIVE • CEREMONIAL TRANSMISSION
Night Bira & Communal Transmission
Captured during the uninterrupted dusk-to-dawn ritual sessions in Rushinga. Continuous polyrhythmic cycles sustained by twin mbira players, ngoma logs, and participatory singing.
Oral Transmission & Interlock Workshops
Sekuru Gore instructing next-generation players on the separation of the left-thumb bass foundation and the right-index treble ostinatos in Kushaura and Kutsinhira modes.