Renowned actor cum singer and story teller Maxwell Chiphinga also known as Max DC who has been spotting dreadlocks all the past years has cut them and is now in short hair.

O.G Issa has been the fulcrum of local mu¬sic distribution for 50 years but the closure of his shop in Limbe has caused great pain among musicians. The most affected musicians are those who appeal to rural masses.

One of the gifted gospel musicians Khama Khwiliro is set to launch his solo music min¬istry as well as debut CD/DVD Nthawi Yan-ga Yakwana this Sunday at Robin's Park in Blantyre.

In June, 2012 the German Federal Cultural Foundation first presented its new thematic focus on Africa. How good is this initiative fared? SAFIA DICKERSBACH looks at how a German government institution botched a well-meant initiative on Africa.

After hosting the Mwezi Wawala Festival in August this year, Nanzikambe Arts, is back in the limelight and this time around bringing what it calls a festival strictly for women performances.

Little did youthful singer Armstrong real name Sopani Kalua know that his hip-hop journey would take the Afro R&B route which hits the climax this Sunday when he launches his debut album Ndele at Capital Hotel Marquee in Lilongwe.

Mtebeti Wambali Mkandawire is arguably one of greatest musicians Malawi has ever produced and his performances are a must-watch, but so are the shows of sensational South African female singer Zahara who has recently made headlines with her album Loliwe.

Sunbird and MultiChoice have organized another music festival to take place along the golden sands of Lake Malawi at Livingstonia Holiday Resort in Salima, a central region lakeshore town in Malawi.

First Upville eviction victim Zambia's Mampi has attributed her exit from the reality show to her honesty saying the others were play-acting.

Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF) says it is concerned with the lack of vibrancy from local artists in sub-mitting applications to participate in this year's festival.

Guitarist Shadre has said his brother Code Sangala, a for¬mer Big Brother Africa (BBA) representative never told him that he was going solo and that he only learnt it from the newspaper.

Habakkuk, whose real name is Japhet Khungwa, has honed a style of his own in order to give the gospel audience a variety through his genre of African form of Pop (Afro Pop). Subsequent to his debut production Lemba Masomphenya (2004), in 2010 he made a major comeback with Upgraded but the album was ignored by the gospel industry.

Khama Khwiliro's move to dump the Christ Melodies in 2010 was justified by the release of his debut album, Nthawi Yanga Yakwana, late last year.

Blantyre Arts Festival (Baf) is excited with the launch of African Festivals and Events Network in Accra, Ghana saying the network will promote arts in the member countries including Malawi.

Big Brother Africa 2011 (BBA) winners — Karen of Nigeria and Wendel of Zimbabwe — are expected to grace Lomwe's album launch to take place in May.

New film titled Ntalawa by Trivise Video Productions in Blantyre will be premiered this Sunday at Ozone Refreshment Centre in Machinjiri, Blantyre before going to other venues across the country.

Ghanaian actor Van Vicker, who is coming to Malawi on April 25, granted a telephone interview to reporter Kandani Ngwira in which among other things the heartthrob thanked his wife for understanding some of his romantic movies. Excerpts:

Think is no joke. Gospel musician Thoko Katimba has declared that his next album launch will be at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.

George Mkandawire made a rare appearance at Women of Distinction Awards in Lilongwe about two weeks and now the fans want more of the artist.

Ndidzaimabe is Thoko Katimba's fourth album which reminds Malawians of God's love and grace and why they must trust Him at all times.