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.

Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape Crate diggers are cultural archaeologists who dedicate their time, money and energy to collecting ...

In Somalia, a lack of professional musical training opportunities, a conservative culture, and strict Islam practices which discourage music often leave aspiring musicians with few options. To combat ...

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 ...

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 ...

The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and distinctive gifts, and bottomless stamina. He gave us over 70 years of high-octane Somali musical mastery. A crate digger ...

Muniira Jirde (left), Lillian Chapman (center), and Asmaa Abdi (right) show their xylophone mallets as teacher Becca Buck lectures during a music class at Gideon Pond Elementary on April 11.