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Isdore Guvamombe
Chimurenga Music heir Kurai “Mukanya” Makore put up a sterling performance at Guruve Hotel in a festive season gig that has given a new impetus to the genre.
It was refreshing to see the young man, remind everyone, through his performance that indeed Thomas Mapfumo, worked on him before giving him the baton stick.
Performing a mixture of his own music and popular Thomas Mapfumo songs, the crowd was kept on its feet throughout.
But is Kurai’s song Pasi, that has earned him a lot of fans. It is a rare compilation about death and brings unmistakable emotions as he sings it. It is so touching and carries one through the rough turf of death.
In the matrix of music and dance, the night slept away imperceptibly and before revellers knew it, the dawn was beckoning.
That only happens when the show has no glitches and the performance is excellent.
In farm fields, homes, beerhalls, among cattle herders and little everywhere else in Guruve the talk is about the show.
Yes, Kurai is not his father Thomas Mapfumo. He will never be Thomas Mapfumo! No one can be Thomas Mapfumo. But, the young Mukanya has arrived on the music scene with a bang and the end-of-year show he performed in Guruve, has proved that he can hold his own.
The all-night show, dubbed the Bira, reminded all and sundry that Chimurenga Music will not die any soon. That Chimurenga music really has a new prince. A prince that takes to the stage with a business approach.
As we enter the new year, today, those who attended the show are expecting a cocktail of Chimurenga music in 2024 and Kurai is expected to grow from strength to strength.
It is clear that Thomas Mapfumo, affectionately known by his legion of fans the world over as Mukanya — his totem — has found an able heir to his throne.
That Kurai Makore has in the past year or so been curtain raising for his father has given him the much needed composure, depth of character and experience.
Online Reporter