Nyasa Music Festival starts this Good Friday: Castel Malawi pumps K4m

The inaugural Nyasa Music Festival (NMF) starts this  Good Friday at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre for the three-day event expected to run from Friday till Sunday. NMG director James Makunje Jnr said everything is on track. The festival has attracted some big names from the South African urban music landscape such as Busiswa Gqulu, Dj […]

Tay Grin takes Nyasa awards celebration gig to Blantyre after massive Lilongwe show

Malawi’s hip-hop artist Tay Grin says he is now going to perform an open free show at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre to celebrated his recent success in Nyasa Music Awards after a great show which attracted thousands of  youth in Lilongwe  on Sunday at Masintha Ground. Tay Grin, real name Limbani Kalirani, said he […]

Nyasa Music Awards creating a platform for promoting Malawi artist

Organisers of the Nyasa Music Awards (NMAs) held last Friday at Comesa Hall in Blantyre have said they have noted the grey areas and will use the public feedback to improve the event for next year’s edition. A brain child of Chifundo Maganga, James Makunje Jnr and Mathambo Lowole, Nyasa Music Awards is designed to complement the […]

Faith Mussa, Tay Grin win big at 2018 Nyasa Music Awards: Paul Banda gets Lifetime Achiever recognition

Faith Mussa emerged the biggest winner at the 2018 Nyasa Music Awards (NMAs) on Friday night when he took home all three of the categories he was nominated in. This year’s NMAs were held at Comesa Hall in Blantyre, hosted by South Africa’s celebrity TV personality Somizi and Malawi’s own Judie Msothi. The Gospel singer […]

D-7 Namatcheni upbeat on winning first gong in Nyasa Music Awards

Innocent Chitimbe popularly known as D-7 “Namatcheni” has expressed optimism on winning his first award. Chitimbe’s comments follow his Nyasa Music Awards (NMA) nomination whose voting line is TRD3 to 3039 on both TNM and Airtel lines. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, Chitimbe welcomed the nomination with high hopes of scooping the […]

Nyasa Music Awards promises fireworks for 2018 edition on May 5

Organisers of the Nyasa Music Awards (NMA)  have promised fireworks as the clock is ticking towards the inaugural event which is scheduled to take place on May 5, 2018 at the magnificent COMESA Hall in Blantyre Nyasa Music Awards were introduced with an aim of recognizing Malawian talent and empowering artists and musicians in the […]

Nyasa Music Awards nominations announcement next week

Nyasa Music Awards announces nominations for its 2018 edition next week  after thorough expert analysis. The date for the red carpet event is 4 May, 2018 at Comesa Hall in Blantyre. Headline acts will be announced after the nominations. In continued efforts to drum up support and awareness for this year’s edition, Nyasa Music Awards takes its flagship African Print Party to Zomba for the […]

Nyasa Music Awards back to promote culture with African print party

Nyasa Music awards is back this year with its flagship African Print Party to be held on the 3rd of February at Fifteen Sports Bar. The African Print party fuses fashion with glamour. Chifundo Maganga, one of the organisers says the aim of incorporating fashion is to promote culture. “Our focus is on promoting culture,” Maganga told Nyasa Times. […]

Malala ‘Drain Out’ launch July 2: 2017 NyasaMusic Awards best acoustic artist

Super-talented award winning artist Malala, real name James Kuchilala, has announced early next month for launch of his second album titled Drain Out to be held at M-Theatre in the commercial capital Blantyre. He told Nyasa Times that he has worked extensively on the album after his debut Tsogolo in 2014. “I believe in uniqueness as […]

Zani, Dan Lu, Tay Grin dominate nominations in Nyasa Music Awards

Nyasa Music Awards list of nominees for different categories released by organizers which has seen Zain Challe (Mitchell Chiumia) , Tay Grin (Limbani Kalirani) and Dan Lu (Dan Lufani) dominatin across the major categories. The categories include Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Artist, Best R and B Artist, Best Gospel Artist, Best Newcomer, […]

Cockpit hosts African Print party Friday to promote Nyasa Music Awards

After a successful African Print Party in Blantyre last month, Nyasa Music Awards has organised another party to take place at Cockpit in Lilongwe Friday night. Dubbed “Reloaded” the party will be used to promote Nyasa Music Awards inaugural event on May 5, 2017. According to a statement released by the organisers, there are a […]