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Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
IF THERE is one musician who has been approaching his career with the cock-sureness and caution akin to that of a chameleon, then it is none other than Zakaria Zakaria, young brother to prominent lead guitarist and lyricist, Madzibaba Nicholas Zakaria. When Zakaria announced that he was launching his solo career as a musician after having a dance with his elder brother Nicholas and relative sungura music icon Alick Macheso in 2012, many people took his announcement at face value, a notion which he immediately poured cold water on by releasing his first album titled “Tererai”.
Although this offering was not bad by any standards, it however did not make much of a big impact that was expected of it, probably because people were not yet quite receptive of Zakaria the solo artiste unlike to the person that they were used to before as part of big groups like Khiama Boys or Orchestra Mberikwazvo, two of the prominent sungura outfits he has played for before.
But one would without doubt gain confidence in Zakaria – the fiery rhythm and lead guitarist behind the success stories of many top-selling and award-winning albums in the country – on his second album titled “Zviroto” which is doing well at Diamond Studios, where it was recorded and where it is topping the company’s top 10 music charts together with products by other leading artistes at the stable.
One good thing about Zakaria’s music is that of its immediacy in capturing the listener’s attention and grabbing it right to the last track and in the same vein managing to provoke one onto the dancefloor while keeping a discerning ear to the loads of message carried in the songs.
The opening track, “Kutsvaga Tsvaga”, which has a slant towards Madzibaba’s beat, urges people to be hard-working in order to sustain themselves.
“Munhu wese angori busy kutsvaga mari pasi pezuva…sunga dzisimbe mwana wamai kwatinoenda kure kure… (We are all busy trying to eke out a good living under the sun . . . persevere,” are part of the lyrics on the song. Unlike his fellows in the music industry who have made a name for themselves, and who take that as a way of scoffing at young musicians, Zakaria, on the song “Magitare Ndizvo”, advises up-and-coming artistes to soldier on and make use of their God-given talents. “Kune hama dzichangotanga zvemimhanzi musatye zvenyu/ Ritori basa rakanaka muhupenyu (Upcoming artistes don’t be deterred. Music is like any other job),” he says.
The other tracks are “Vision”,“Nasibeko”, “Zviroto” and “Wasunga Play”.
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