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Tafadzwa Zimoyo
A new diva on the local R‘n’B music scene has been born and is dermined to make a mark in the music industry at large. Her name is Sheraine Dione Gallaway and she announced her arrival in mainstream music scene some good six months ago and so far she has made her presence felt. One of her singles “Loving You no More” once shot to the top spot on Power FM’ s charts show.

Now Sheraine is rocking the charts with her hard-hitting gem, “Ride or Die”, which features fellow rapper Ray Dizz. “It was a great project that infused some positive feeling and view about my music and myself as an artiste. It propelled me to do more, and I am not looking back. Currently, I am working on the video to the song ‘Down for Life’,” said the bubbly singer.

Sheraine has not limited energy to only throwing her music on the airwaves; she has also been holding shows, most of which have been well-received.

“Performing at venues like Sky Bar, Ster Kinekor functions and Italian Sports Bar have all helped in raising my profile and I feel I am heading for the stars and dizzy heights thanks to the support that music lovers and management at these joints have been giving me. There is nothing good for an artiste’s career than to go out there and perform for and meet with the people whose support they want. This is the time when you get the relevant feedback as well as get to know what the stage requires,” she said.

Unlike some of her contemporaries in the genre who look up to famous artistes as their role models, Sheraine singled out Jesus Christ as her role model. “My role model is Jesus Christ. I love His self-discipline and principles. I am also inspired by the day to day things that happen in life,” she said. Like most artistes, Sheraine flinches at piracy which she likens to the devil and his spirits.

“Piracy is an abomination, and I am currently working towards engaging various artistes to come together so that we can do a song against piracy,” she said. Sheraine also added that it was hard to get some people to accept the genre.

“Although we are working hard, it is difficult to get some people to accept this genre which they view as being too Western for the local audience. But we never let go of our vision,” said the vivacious diva of the mic who also plays the piano and is also a fan of modern dance.

She lamented what she said the lack of unity among Zimbabwean musicians. “There is no unity among some musicians in Zimbabwe. ‘‘We have got so much talent that should work out the magic if we come together but this is not working out like that,” she said.