Urban musician Maskal real name Masiye Kasalu will on Saturday perform alongside Blantyre based hip hop outfit, Daredevil during the second eviction of the Sunbird Search for a star singing competition. Public Relations Officer for Sunbird Tourism who are the sponsors of the competition, Akossah Mphepo, said fans should not miss the show slated for […]
Malawian Afro singer, Maskal, is in South Africa where he is set to perform at Platinum Lounge, Cape Town, on Saturday night. The ‘Zili ndi Iwe’ singer indicates he is excited to be in the rainbow country. “Cape Town are you ready? Feels so good to be here! Platinum Lounge the place to be tomorrow […]
Malawi’s Afro-R&B singer, Maskal, will this weekend be in South Africa (SA) where he is billed to perform in Cape Town on Saturday. The singer is expected to leave Malawi for South Africa on Wednesday, according to his manager, Kimpho Loka. The artist will be performing at Platinum Lounge, 88 Shortmarket Street, Cnr Loop Street, […]
Two of the country’s celebrated afro-pop artists, Maskal and Armstrong have been lined up to spice up this year’s Urban Music Party (UMP) Media Awards set for Saturday 3rd August, 2013 at Nanzikambe Arts Café in Naperi. Initially, the awards were expected to be given out during this year’s UMP main festival at Blantyre Culture […]
Malawi’s Afro-pop star Maskal and top selling musicians Lucius Banda and Mlaka Maliro are among the 287 service providers who have been accredited to assist in the delivery of the civic and voter education ahead of the 2014 tripartite elections. In an effort to promote and raise awareness of the elections, the Malawi Electoral Commission […]
People of all walks of life on Saturday afternoon trekked to Chapima Heights residential area in commercial city if Blantyre where renowned Afro-pop star Maskal presented a betrothal gift to his fiancée, Sekai Mponda in a traditional engagement, which represents a formal agreement to future marriage. Traditionally and during such ceremonies, the woman’s ring is presented […]
Some of the country’s musicians, dancers and poets have joined hands for a good cause as they will perform at a concert whose proceeds will go to people suffering from cancer in the country. The fundraiser dubbed “Cancer Benefit Concert” is scheduled to take place this Sunday at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe and there will […]
Renowned acoustic musicians Edgar ndi Davis will Thursday evening come face-to-face with Afro-Pop singer Maskal in a charity show whose purpose is to raise funds to buy drugs that will be donated to public hospitals. The show, which has been organised by Together for Life Foundation, will take place at Steers Gardens in Blantyre and […]
Blantyre Cultural Centre (BCC), formerly French Cultural Centre (FCC), on Saturday hosted an urban music show which brought together most of the country’s top urban musicians and attracted an enormous audience, despite the rains in the city. The musicians included Maskal, Piksy, BarryOne, Blakjak, Daredevilz, Diktator, Fredokiss and Blackah Fellah & Massa Vega, among others. […]
The year 2012 saw the best in Malawi’s music circles; the birth of new artists and the production of songs that defined the country’s entertainment scene in the year. Nyasa Times engaged the country’s top radio personalities, others who are also well-known on the ones and twos in Malawi’s top clubs. We get them to […]
What earlier seemed to be a boring music show ever turned out to be the most exciting one as Maskal, real name Masiye Kansalu took to the stage at the re-launch of his ‘Umunthu’ album at Lilongwe Golf Club in Lilongwe on Sunday. Though the show started about two hours after the scheduled time of 1:30pm, […]
The Afro-pop singer, Maskal on Sunday failed to live up to the billing during a launch of his second album, Umunthu at Limbe Country Club in a show that was marred by equipment hitches. With good weather and already build up hype-that resulted into impressive turnout-tilting in his favour, Maskal born Masiye Kasalu failed to […]
Silky-voiced crooner Maskal launches his second album Umunthu at Limbe Country Club in Blantyre on Sunday afternoon. Maskal shot to fame with his debut album Nthawi which contains the hit song ‘Udalire’. The Access Communications brand ambassador recently fell out with his Nde’feyo Entertainment label but he reckons this has not distracted him from his […]
Despite dominating the Ireland African Music Awards (IAMA) 2012 nominations, Malawi’s rapper Pop Dogg, who is based in Dublin, last Friday failed to clinch any award out of the six nominations he got. The rapper, born Ibrahim Hadji, was nominated for the Best Male Artist, Best Rap Artist, Best Song Collaboration, Best Director and Best […]
Fresh from their spectacular performance at the Ireland African Music (IAM) Awards 2012 in Dublin last Friday, Malawi urban music sensation Maskal and Ireland based Malawian rapper, Pop Dogg, are set to hold a joint performance in Dublin on Saturday,15 September 2012. The show will be held at Club Nassau. Maskal The 26-year-old Maskal , who […]
Malawi’s Afro-R&B singer of the ‘Udalire’ hit song, Maskal, has been invited to appear at this year’s Ireland African Music Awards (IAMA) in the Irish capital city, Dublin, next month. The second edition of the IAMA will take place on 7th of September at the Victory Centre, Auditorium and the Malawian award-winning vocalist will be […]
End of the road. Celebrated and awarding winner Afro Pop artist, Maskal has finally parted ways with record label, Nde’feyo Entertainment, cutting short his three-year romance with the company. Nde’feyo Entertainment in a statement made available to Nyasa Times says it has agreed to part ways with the artist in ‘good faith and shape’. “Nde’feyo […]
Big Brother Africa (BBA) Stargame may not just have youthful Malawian pair cousins Nafe and Wati amongst its competitors for the US$300,000 end jig, but is also ‘searching’ for the next musical outfit to entertain fans during one of the eviction ceremonies. During the last BBA, Malawi was represented by the performance of R’n’B star […]