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The shows, to be held at Mkhekhelezi Leisure Centre on Friday and Garanyemba Business Centre on Saturday, are part of the musicians’ “Back to our Roots Tour’ which has taken them to such remote areas as Maphisa, Filabusi, Sikhamaswe, Tshelanyemba and Kezi.
The set decided to embark on the tours as a way of giving back to communities who do not usually get a regular taste of top-class live music.
In an interview yesterday, Marabini said the response to the tour so far had been splendid, with a lot of support and appreciation being shown by the people in the rural areas. He said in some instances people did not believe that they would pitch up, which was an illustration of how starved people in the rural areas were of top-class entertainment.
“People in the areas we have played so far have shown tremendous support for our music. In some instances they have found it hard to believe that we are coming which shows that people here are deprived of quality live music on a regular basis. This is what this tour is all about, showing the people that we are at the same level as them not above them as they have been made to believe,” he said.
Marabini challenged other musicians to go out of their comfort zones and start performing in areas that they are not used to doing shows. He said it was only that way that artistes could make sure that music filtered through to grassroots levels.
“I believe that other artistes should follow the path we are taking and take time to perform outside the big cities where crowds are sometimes not too appreciative of the work of artistes. The only way to inspire people at the grassroots is to play to new crowds that are not used to our music,” he said.
He said they will be continuing with the tour until they reached places like Binga as they planned to play in as many places as possible before they wrapped up the tour.
“The tour will rumble on and we plan on hitting Plumtree next, then Tsholotsho going all the way to places like Binga in the near future,” said Marabini.
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