Mbuvi Set For a Major Comeback.

I personally don’t know a song, that makes want to let my stiff self dance myself garment-less like David like kwata kawaya. The guitar riffs are sick and the tune is so catchy! I attended a wedding recently, where a member of adawnage was getting married and that song brought the house down!

Mbuvi has been MIA for a while, and so when a pal asked me to check out his Facebook page, it quickly dawned on me that the rebirth was nigh. He who gave you sweet ndwale, kivevelo, and nishike, is set for a major comeback with reports rife that he’s now signed to a label with links in Kenya, Europe and the greater Americas. Allow me to digress a bit koz I love intrigue, how well do you know Mbuvi?

I keep telling you musicians are bright people you guy! He has a a degree in Physics (Moi University), a masters in IT from the University of Sunderland, has worked in Commercial Bank of Africa. The intrigue unravels further. He has been a lecturer at JKUAT, hosted DStv’s The Day Show, as wel as being a radio presenter on Hope Fm. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get back to the new music matter at hand. Did you read about niwe nawe?

He said to me ‘I am now venturing into a new sound as far as my music is concerned. That’s what am calling V2. The LORD doing a new thing in and through me. I feel i need to change my sound to accomodate an even broader market. I feel there is more to my gifting and calling, than i have previously let on so I am compelled to do music in a way, that is inclusive of a worldwide market. I have teamed up with a management team that truly believes in my potential and we are already onto some productions.” His first release will be about celebrating and thanking God for the 50 years of Kenya’s independence. Its a song that will be in English and Swahili, embracing my newly acquired sound.

I asked him about his musical odyssey and this is what he shared with me. “I started out by chance really, just happened to know guys who sing in church, HIS IMAGE, and hooked up with them. In my church, Parklands Baptist, there happened to be this group called SHAMMAH, led by the now super producer, Robert Rkay Kamanzi. We became best buddies, and when my mum had passed on he helped me record a dedication song to my mum called Sweet Ndwale. Prior to that, I had written a song called Ukilya Moko, and sang it with the group Shammah. Thats how I got into music.” Quite a journey there pal!

My last question was what his mantra is and his answer not surprisingly was “My heart is Steadfast Oh Lord, I will sing and make music with all my soul..” And music he makes unrestrained. What more can I add except greater things are yet to come, greater things are yet to be done…