Vusa Mkhaya to re-release his 3rd album ‘UManyanyatha’ internationally

Award-winning, musician Vusa Mkhaya, is set to re-release his highly anticipated 3rd album internationally, UManyanyatha – Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe, the album features popular tracks such as Abalalanga and Umanyanyatha which have both captured the hearts of many and received limitless airplay.

The 13 track album was previously released in 2016 independently as (UManyanyatha) and will be re-released internationally under music label Naxos Records Canada on Friday 26 June 2020, with additional songs digitally re-mastered and with a new title.

“The songs on the album are all inspired by different life events and questions, that affect people in my home town and beyond,” says Vusa Mkhaya.

Mkhaya embodies the sound of the eclectic, pulsing, dusty streets of Tshabalala Township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He captures the romanticism of the Southern African climes, his voice rich with the vibrations of a heritage that spans decades of musical writing and performance.

Driven by an unquenchable thirst for sound, he has worked with a wide range of musicians and productions, amassing a hugely impressive body of work. Vusa has pushed the boundaries of world music, retaining a mind-bending, soul- searching, spiritually stirring sound that is inspired by life’s questions.

As part of the vocal trio Insingizi, he has gained commercial and critical success since their 2004 debut album, Voices of Southern Africa / Spirit of Africa, which sold over 250 000 units in North America. Vusa Mkhaya’s solo offerings The Spirit of Ubuntu (2006), Vocalism (2012) and now UManyanyatha are emotive musical stories of love, heartbreak and everyday living; tales delivered in soulful sometimes haunting, achingly beautiful pieces. Mkhaya gives life to the voice, and it is also the same voice that gives him life.

Vusa Mkhaya, is the 2020 National Arts Merit Awards recipient of the Artist in the Diaspora Award. In 2019 he was bestowed with the UK Zim Achievers honorary Award (For Service to Music and Cultural Promotion, 2019.

The album will also be available on iTunes, Spotify and other online music stores globally, you can also order it from store.arcmusic.co.uk/umanyanyatha-songs-from-the-soul-of-zimbabwe.html

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