Reggae group Wailing Brothers said on Saturday that their aim is to grow new talent hence the band having several up and coming artists as part of its family.
The group which launched its latest album Unfinished Project in February has several new members including Chikumbutso Simbi, who is the lead vocalist.
The inexperienced Simbi has failed to win the hearts of many people but has shown potential and he is maturing with time.
Some quarters have said the revived reggae group needs to draft in well known artists for the band to appeal to the people.
But lead guitarist Takudziwani Chokani said people should understand that as a band they were not in competition but rather they would want to unearth talent and grow it.
“People need to support us because we want to bring out new talent and this is what we are doing. This new talent cannot just pick up, it needs time to jell and the results will surely come,” said the lead guitarist.
Another member of the group Drag, who plays the keyboards told the audience that most of the members in the group including him and Simbi were still in class learning more in music and that they were being trained by the Chokani brothers of Takudziwani and Paul.
Wailing Brothers performed at Premier Lodge in Blantyre on Saturday during a show which spilled over to the early hours of Sunday.
The Premier Lodge show came barely a day after the group performed at Shire Club in Chikwawa and they also had another show on Sunday at Club XL in Blantyre.
The show on a cold Saturday failed to pull an attractive audience but this did not keep away Wailing Brothers from giving it their all.
The group is surely doing well on sound which was simply beautiful and faultless and that is a plus for them but they have to do more in the vocal area.
Young Generations and Arnold Fumulani provided the early performances before Toza Matafale took over and rekindled memories of his brother late Evison, performing his songs before Simbi came in dishing out songs from Wailing Brothers’ Unfinished Project.
His performance however, failed to electrify the audience before Moda Fumulani jumped on stage.
Moda, a brother to late Gift Fumulani has matured with time having also warmed up several of Black Missionaries’ performances and he sparked from the word go.
He performed for a longer time before bowing out around past 3am with people still wanting more.
“We are making strides, people are now realising our potential. We started on slow note with some of our performances in other areas attracting poor audiences but now all is well and I am sure going back to the different places for the second time we will get the support,” said Moda.
He then revealed that his album is ready and that soon people will start enjoying it.
“Everything is done, I am just making final touches and I am currently working hand in hand with Takudziwani and Paul who have been there in music,” said the artist.
Moda said he was yet to come up with the title track for the album.
Random interviews with people indicated that they were impressed with the groups sound with some saying the band was picking up and that with time they will offer more.
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