Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi often says that you don't get to sing a song if you have nothing to say. He talks with guest host Celeste Headlee, and shares a few tunes. I'm Celeste Headlee and ...

Mtukudzi was one the country’s most celebrated musicians and the Zimbabwe arts regulating body wrote to the President to seek the status for him. “He deserves the status because of his hard work and ...

Mtukudzi began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. Their single Dzandimomotera went gold and Tuku's first album followed, which was also a ...

Internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean musician, philanthropist, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Southern Africa Oliver Mtukudzi, who united the nation in life, is now doing the same even in death.

He seemed so casual — sitting on a bar stool behind the Tiny Desk, acoustic guitar in hand — but when you hear that husky voice, you'll know why he's a legend. Oliver Mtukudzi, or "Tuku" as his fans ...

OLIVER Mtukudzi, who has died aged 66, was one of Zimbabwe and Africa’s most iconic musicians whose rollicking, captivating performances won him devoted fans worldwide. He wrote songs in a style that ...

"Where we come from," the guitarist Oliver Mtukudzi tells the audience at Yoshi's in San Francisco, "music is like food. You can have it for breakfast, lunch and supper. Where we come from, you don't ...

CNN — One of Zimbabwe's most celebrated musician Oliver Mtukudzi died Wednesday of an undisclosed ailment, a former colleague has said. "He has rested. He had been in and out of the hospital since ...

Born on Sept. 22, 1952 in Zimbabwe's populous Highfield suburb, Oliver Mtukudzi, known as "Tuku" to his legion of fans, died Wednesday at a clinic in Harare from complications related to diabetes. The ...

WHEN ZIMBABWE pop music icon Oliver Mtukudzi plays the Marin Jewish Community Center on Feb. 15, he wouldn’t be surprised to hear someone call out, “mudhara Tuku makapenga,” meaning something like ...

There is a scene in the first Reggae Sunsplash movie where Bob Marley fixes the interviewer with a stern gaze as he states: "We know how to play music… but we have a reason why we play music." And so ...

FILE - In this Thursday June 30, 2011 file photo, Zimbabwe music superstar, Oliver Mutukudzi plays in his music academy in Norton about 40 kilometres from Harare. Zimbabwean musician and world music ...