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This is a list of Zambian musicians/producers and musical groups. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Traditional Zambian instruments include a variety of membranophones, [2] both stick-struck and hand-struck. Drums are essential for most traditional dances. Ngoma is the generic central Bantu term for drum but Zambian drums come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and purposes and have specific names depending on their tribal origins and functional roles.
The following list of Zambian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Zambia, of Zambian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Zambia.
The awards were a joint effort between Zambian Breweries, the National Arts Council of Zambia, the Zambia Adjudicators Panel, and the Zambia Association of Musicians. The 2015's top winners, Chef 187 and Abel Chungu, took home seven trophies between them, setting the stage for another exciting celebration of Zambian music. [7] Some winners were:
B flow comes from a family of renowned Zambian musicians like Chris Mbewe of The Great Witch Band, Anna Mwale of The Mwale Sisters and Ras Willie . B Flow's grandmother Matilda was a teacher by profession and she taught him how to read and write English which then became his favourite subject.
Stanley Fischer – Zambian-born Deputy Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Governor of the Bank of Israel; Tawny Gray – sculptor; George Gregan – Zambian-born captain of the Australian Wallabies Rugby Union team; Amy Holmes – Zambian-born (Zambian father, American mother), The Blaze news anchor and CNN political contributor
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Zamrock is a musical genre that emerged and gained popularity in Zambia during the early 1970s. [1] It has been described as a fusion of traditional African music and psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock, blues and funk, taking influence from popular bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Cream.