One of the most prominent musical personalities in Minnesota’s Somali community, Salaad Darbi, will be honored at a concert on Nov. 22 in Golden Valley.

Hear songs recorded in studio from Turin, Italy (with Tate Nsongan, guitar): She was raised in Italy by her Italian father and Ethiopian mother. But the actress and musician Saba Anglana, who records ...

His name means “traveler” and Somali-born poet, rapper and musician K’naan has certainly come a long way. The hip-hop sensation, who’s been compared by critics to both reggae hero Bob Marley and rap ...

Crate diggers are cultural archaeologists who dedicate their time, money and energy to collecting musical artefacts that provide alternative histories from the fringes of society. They frequent record ...

Somali radio stations have stopped broadcasting music following an order from Islamist insurgents who say songs are un-Islamic. Somalia has a tradition of music and most residents greeted the ban with ...

There are over 21 million refugees around the world, according to the United Nations, and the musical A Man of Good Hope tells the story of one of them: Somali refugee Asad Abdullahi. Several years ...

Becca Buck, a local elementary music specialist, knew something was missing from the repertoire of standard music she taught her multicultural students. So she set out to collect lullabies and other ...