Tryson Chimbetu

Tryson Chimbetu is the son of legendary dendera maestro, Naison Chimbetu, and a popular youthful singer, song writer and instrumentalist, who hogged the musical limelight in 2008 after launching his debut album 'Marxist Revival'. Tryson got married to Nyarai Makumba in 2014 after being introduced to her by her sister and they were together for six years before getting married and having a child in 2015 named Naison (Jnr). His wife sheds light on how their marriage and child have inspired his career.Tryon believes that marriage has helped his career in a positive way. Chimbetu did his secondary education at Glenview 1 High School were he attained 9 points at A level. Tryson was born in a musical family where his father Naison and his father's brothers Simon Chimbetu, Allan Chimbetu and Brian Chimbetu released a string of hits under the band Marxist brothers in the 1980s. The outfit was one of the best in Zimbabwe at that time. Chimbetu, who believed music as his calling, started learning the guitar while at high school. He would carry it with him and practice during his free time. However, it was not until 2002 when he seriously ventured into music after touring Mutare together with his father and shared the stage with other accomplished musicians. He was one of the few to have the blessings of his father to pursue music and in 2004, he decided to carry his career to a higher level by joining his cousin Sulumani Chimbetu's band. This proved to be a futile task as the two failed to reach an agreement. Nevertheless, the youthful musician did not lose hope and his efforts paid off in 2005 when he formed his own band Marxist Brothers. He went on to release his debut album "Marxist Revival" in 2008 which was well received by his fans. Since then, he has never looked back and has released four albums to date. It is his latest album 'Compass' that had brought him glory with most of the songs enjoying considerable airplay on local radio stations. The six-track album carries songs like "Mombe Mombe", "Pahotera" which features superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, "Bhora Mberi" a duet with Peter Moyo, "Ndondo", "Pfuti" and "Wangu". Tryson said he adopted the title Compass to indicate that he wanted to follow the direction taken by his father Naison and his late uncle Simon when they founded Marxist Brothers. He was in May 2013 appointed Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRC) humanitarian youth ambassador. His task was to advocate for youth empowerment especially among the less privileged. ZRC said they honoured the Dendera star after observing the commitment and support he had given to Alick Macheso since he was appointed their humanitarian ambassador. The heavens opened up on Chimbetu in 2014 when he embarked on his maiden international show in South Africa. He staged three favourably-attended shows at Transvaal Hotel in Boksburg. The shows were spectacular that even the proprietor of Transvaal Hotel Rodger Muzawazi was impressed by Chimbetu’s performance

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