{"id":22123,"date":"2016-04-07T11:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=22123"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:20:31","slug":"bat-ground-to-host-best-of-paul-banda-dvd-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2016\/04\/07\/bat-ground-to-host-best-of-paul-banda-dvd-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"BAT ground to host \u2018Best of Paul Banda\u2019 DVD launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAT ground in Blantyre will play host to the launch of the Best of Sir Paul Banda\u2019s <\/em>DVD on June 5, 2016.<\/p>\n

Anthu Ambiri Band and Records Director Zachariah Jazzmen confirmed Wednesday that they have settled for BAT ground in Blantyre.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may recall that we announced that the launch will take place at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe on May 6. But now we have added BAT in Blantyre and Balaka Stadium,\u201d said Jazzmen.<\/p>\n

He said they want to take the launch to as many places in the country for people to sample Paul Banda\u2019s live act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working very hard and all we want is for more people to sample Paul Banda\u2019s performance live. Again this is Paul Banda\u2019s first ever DVD so is something special,\u201d said Jazzmen.<\/p>\n

He said the veteran musician has done a lot for the country including training several artists through the once popular Imbirani Yahwe Studios.<\/p>\n

The old-timer, who has promised to drop a fresh album, has been avoiding working on a DVD until when he was convinced by Jezzman.<\/p>\n

It took him time for Jezzman to convince Paul to work on a DVD which he found it challenging and deemed it something which was only for the musicians of this generation.<\/p>\n

But in an effort aimed at reaching out to many people but also preserve his works, Paul decided to take the challenge and work on The Best of Sir Paul Banda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn\u2019t want to do this but I was convinced. We have worked hard with the little resources we had,\u201d said Paul.<\/p>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

\u201cI did say that I used to admire artists like Moses Makawa, he was a very good guitarist but I never saw him so I thought I should work on a DVD so that the younger generation can appreciate my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recorded by Anthu Ambiri, which is also set to produce phungu Joseph Nkasa\u2019s DVD, the DVD has 10 tracks.<\/p>\n

He said they have also compiled a one hour documentary for the musician.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also compiled a one hour documentary in which Sir Paul Banda has given exclusive details on his music journey. And a booklet has been prepared that contains some summaries of Paul\u2019s journey in music, his pictures from a tender age to now,\u201d said Jazzmen.<\/p>\n

He said the pack will have all the package of Paul\u2019s life and that this is why it will be sold at a high price.<\/p>\n

At the moment two music videos \u2018Malilime,\u2019 and \u2018Achimwemwe Muzigona Kunyumba,\u2019 have been released.<\/p>\n

Some of the artists expected to spice up the DVD launch are in the three venues are Lucius Banda, San B, Symon and Kendall and Great Angels Choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAT ground in Blantyre will play host to the launch of the Best of Sir Paul Banda\u2019s DVD on June 5, 2016. Anthu Ambiri Band and Records Director Zachariah Jazzmen confirmed Wednesday that they have settled for BAT ground in Blantyre. \u201cYou may recall that we announced that the launch will take place at Bingu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22125,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22123\/revisions\/22125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}