On Sunday, Oct. 23, Zambia’s single greatest rock and roll export Witch (stylized “W.I.T.C.H” for “We Intend to Cause Havoc”) brings a rare (and possibly last) U.S. tour to Tampa when its road to Austin’s Levitation Festival runs through New World Brewery.
Tickets to see Witch play Tampa alongside a Paint, a project from Allah Las’ Pedrum Siadatian, at New World Brewery’s Music Hall on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. are on sale now for $20-$25.
The gig—the same weekend as a show from another psych-rock favorite Frankie and the Witch Fingers—is a chance to see living history in the form of a band that spent the ‘70s marrying Rolling Stones vibes to the traditional African rhythms of its home country in creating a brand new genre called Zamrock. The group fell apart in the ‘80s due to economic and health crises in Zambia, forcing lead singer Jagari Chanda to work in a gemstone mine before Witch’s music was rediscovered and reissued outside of Africa for the first time ever. 
This article appears in Aug 18-24, 2022.