Tichaona Maredza

Tichaona Daniel Maredza Was born on the second of october 1977 in Harare,Zimbabwe.He grew up in the high density surbub of Highfield,New Cannan in the section nicknamed maTwo-rooms.He is a very passionate and determined musician who despite a lot of frustrations and setbacks has remain focused and beleives he can put his name in the African music history books.A very talented guy Tichaona plays acoustic guitar ,drums ,keyboards, mbira(nyunga nyunga), marimba and a wide range of other percussion instruments .He is also a singer /songwriter and currently working on his music production skills. Tich has two albums to his name with the first one called Eternity music volume one , recorded in Australia in 2002 and sold a few copies there. He went through a lot of difficulties in trying to release this album in his country and finally decided to abandon the project not to quit but to rejuvinate, refocus and come up with a totally different and unique style on Ndinzweiwo his second projet which was recorded in Bulawayo,Zimbabwe in 2004.He has also done collaborations with Dallas based artist Ceejay.Tich is one of the musicians who has had a rare opportunity to share the stage with the great Oliver Mtukudzi on his tour of the US and even playing percussion on one of his greatest songs of all time Tozeza baba .The guy also scooped the inagural best musicianship award in Dallas ,Texas at the Zimexpo 2008. He has already finshed recording his forth coming album which is due to be released anytime from now.Tichaona is a devoted Christian who gives credit to God for all his talents,opportunities and inspiration. He is a great fan of afrojazz and Zimbabwean traditional music.