Zimbabwean musician Zivanai Masango will be playing live at the Fresh Thymes patio with ZiMBiRA AfroFusion on Friday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.

Zivanai Masango grew up immersed in music in Harare, Zimbabwe. Currently residing in the US, Zivanai carves a place for himself in the hearts and minds of audiences and musicians alike with his sweet, sincerely heartfelt style of guitar playing. Zivanai’s work as a recording artist and band leader disregards categorization and reflects the various influences that have shaped him into the consummate musician he is today. A master of the beautifully rhythmic Southern African style, Zivanai fuses these sensibilities with Western genres such as Jazz, Blues, Funk and Rock to create compelling flights of melodic inspiration.

Zivanai has played on many of the world’s most revered concert stages with such diverse world class artists as Oliver Mtukudzi, The String Cheese Incident, Bushman, Playing For Change, The Motet, Giovanni Hidalgo and many more! In addition to weekly video postings from his ‘Basement Studio’ as a solo artist, he also leads the popular locally-based band, ZiMBiRA AfroPop, a genre-defying band playing music steeped in the traditional music of southern Africa with modern instrumentation. Audiences are immediately set into motion when they hear the intoxicating, rhythmic and melodic sounds.