Machuluka is a name that might not be strange, especially to those who have sampled the Tonga track \u2018Zowala Za Mwana Wangu\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Zowala Za Mwana Wangu\u2019 is a song which continues to enjoy airplay, especially in weddings and engagements.<\/p>\n
Machuluka, real name Andrew Mphande, said on Monday that he is working on an album titled Mungavwa Waka Mbiri <\/em>to come out August.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been working very hard and I am happy with the response I have received from people. Some of them have encouraged me to continue using my Tonga language since music knows no boundaries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n So far, the artist has managed to record eight songs with the latest \u2018Awakoliyapu\u2019, which has also received an overwhelming response.<\/p>\n \u201cI know some people have been asking me as to why I have concentrated much on doing Tonga songs but this is also part of promoting my language but again I have seen that I do better songs in my own language. There are artists like Diamond, who do their songs in Swahili, so it\u2019s the same with me,\u201d Machuluka said.<\/p>\n Of the eight songs he has recorded, only one is in English titled \u2018Homesick\u2019, while the rest are in Tonga.<\/p>\n The other songs are \u2018Mwakambanga Boza\u2019, \u2018Wandiphwamuwa\u2019, \u2018M\u2019bali Wangu\u2019, \u2018Ndituza\u2019, and \u2018Vwalako\u2019.<\/p>\n Machuluka, who is currently studying business information technology at the National College of Information Technology \u2013 Lilongwe Campus, describes himself as a composer, writer and producer.<\/p>\n \u201cActually, all these songs I have produced on my own at Machuluka Records. I believe in myself and I am not afraid to take chances but also embrace new things. And for your information, I am also a painter and sketch artist,\u201d Machuluka said.<\/p>\n His music career dates back to the time he was a child when with friends they used to make instruments from tins, pieces of wire and wood.<\/p>\n \u201cI developed a strong interest in playing instruments after I took my Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. The first instrument I learnt was the guitar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Machuluka said some of the songs in the album were done long time ago but he is refining them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Machuluka is a name that might not be strange, especially to those who have sampled the Tonga track \u2018Zowala Za Mwana Wangu\u2019. \u2018Zowala Za Mwana Wangu\u2019 is a song which continues to enjoy airplay, especially in weddings and engagements. Machuluka, real name Andrew Mphande, said on Monday that he is working on an album titled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49214","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\/49214","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=49214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49222,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49214\/revisions\/49222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}