Muri iyi minsi, umuhanzi Bruce Melodie akomeje gushimangira intumbero ye yo kwandika izina rye mu mateka y’umuziki nyarwanda, aho avuga ko azaba umuhanzi wa mbere mu Rwanda uzegukana igihembo gikomeye cya Grammy Award.
Mu butumwa yatanze, uyu muhanzi wubatse izina mu njyana ya Afrobeat na R&B yagaragaje ko nubwo kugeza ubu nta muhanzi wo mu Rwanda urashyirwa ku rutonde rw’abahatana muri ibi bihembo mpuzamahanga, we afite icyizere ko igihe nikigera azagera kuri iyo ntego.
Yagize ati: “Niba ahazaza hanjye utabonamo Grammy, ntabwo ureba neza bihagije. Ubu butumwa muzabunyibutse.”
Bruce Melodie yakomeje agaragaza ko ari inzozi afitiye umuziki nyarwanda kandi ko azi neza ko bizamusaba imbaraga, ubunyamwuga no kwagura ibikorwa bye ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Mu gihe ibi bihembo bisanzwe bihatanirwa n’abahanzi bakomeye ku isi, benshi bibaza niba koko umuziki nyarwanda ushobora kugera ku rwego rushobora gutuma uhabwa icyubahiro nk’iki.
Ku rundi ruhande, hari ababona ko iyi ntumbero ya Bruce Melodie ishobora kuba imbarutso yo guteza imbere umuziki nyarwanda no kuwugeza ku rwego rwo hejuru.
Grammy Awards ni ibihembo bikomeye ku isi bihabwa abahanzi bagaragaje ubuhanga budasanzwe mu byiciro bitandukanye by’umuziki.
Abahanzi baturuka muri Afurika bamaze kwegukana ibi bihembo barimo Burna Boy, Angelique Kidjo na Black Coffee, bitanga icyizere ko n’abandi bahanzi baturuka muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba bashobora kubigeraho.
Bruce Melodie si ubwa mbere agaragaza ko afite icyerekezo cyo kwagura umuziki we ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Mu bihe byashize, yagiye akorana n’abahanzi mpuzamahanga barimo Harmonize wo muri Tanzania ndetse na Khaligraph Jones wo muri Kenya. Kuri ubu, ari gukorana n’amatsinda akomeye ashinzwe gutunganya umuziki mu rwego rwo gukomeza guteza imbere ibihangano bye ku isoko mpuzamahanga.
Bamwe mu bakunzi b’umuziki nyarwanda bagaragaje ko bishimiye intumbero ya Bruce Melodie, bavuga ko kuba umuhanzi nyarwanda afite icyerekezo cyagutse ari ikimenyetso cy’uko umuziki nyarwanda uri gutera imbere.
Umwe yagize ati: “Bruce Melodie ni umuhanga kandi afite ubushobozi. Nubwo atari ibintu byoroshye, ariko uko umuziki nyarwanda ukomeza gutera imbere, byose birashoboka.”
Undi ati: “Kugira inzozi ni byiza, ariko na none bisaba imbaraga, ibikorwa bifatika n’ubufasha buhagije. Twizere ko atari amagambo gusa, ahubwo ko azakomeza gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo inzozi ze zibe impamo.”
Nubwo urugendo rwo kugera kuri Grammy Award rutoroshye, Bruce Melodie yemeza ko yiteguye gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo atere intambwe izamugeza ku rwego rwo guhatanira ibihembo bikomeye ku isi.
Ese koko umuziki nyarwanda ugiye kugira umuhanzi wa mbere uzegukana Grammy? Ibi ni bimwe mu bibazo abakunzi b’umuziki bakomeje kwibaza. Icy’ingenzi ni uko igihe ari cyo kizagaragaza niba uyu muhanzi azasohoza isezerano rye.
