{"id":72468,"date":"2018-12-25T05:51:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T03:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=72468"},"modified":"2018-12-25T05:51:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T03:51:50","slug":"haxi-momba-to-launch-band-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/12\/25\/haxi-momba-to-launch-band-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Haxi Momba to launch band today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Sam Banda Jnr: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Haxi-Momba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44192 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Haxi-Momba-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Haxi-Momba-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Haxi-Momba.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Lilongwe-based reggae musician Haxi Momba, who is now into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/haxi-momba-turns-gospel\/\">gospel music<\/a> after turning born again, will today launch his The Disciples band at Zambezi Open Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Momba, famed for Chibvumbulutso albums when he was in secular music, said the launch of the album would go with a pre-album launch.<\/p>\n<p>The musician has a gospel album ready titled <em>Here is The Messiah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cAs Disciples Band, we are the disciples of Jesus Christ and are there to minister the word of God. Therefore, we thought it wise to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the one who sent us, by launch by the band,\u201d<\/em> Momba, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The band and album pre-launch will be spiced up by performances from, among others, Vincent Kadzakumanja and Clinton Essau.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Wendy Harawa, who also answered God\u2019s calling recently, has announced that she will drop her new song \u2018Mundisunge Ndinu\u2019 today.<\/p>\n<p>She said this is a Christmas present to people, hence releasing it today.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. This is my Christmas gift to my nation and nations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy you get blessed with it this December 25 as it gets released from me to you,\u201d<\/em> Wendy said on her Facebook page.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This track will be her first since answered God\u2019s call.<\/p>\n<p>The musician and dancer has also worked on gospel songs such as \u2018Ambuye Ndionetseni\u2019, which is in her <em>Nalliah <\/em>album, and \u2018Chisomo\u2019 in which she collaborated with Lulu and Nigerian musician <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wendy-harawa-jimmy-d-psalmist-in-collabo\/\">Jimmy D Psalmist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Banda Jnr: Lilongwe-based reggae musician Haxi Momba, who is now into gospel music after turning born again, will today launch his The Disciples band at Zambezi Open Theatre. Momba, famed for Chibvumbulutso albums when he was in secular music, said the launch of the album would go with a pre-album launch. The musician [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468","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=72468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72470,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72468\/revisions\/72470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}