Tag: African Music in Minnesota
A master of the kora will appear at St. Paul’s Ordway...
Two years ago Sona Jobarteh took The Dakota stage and filled the house, her kora-playing bouncing off the walls. Her renown has only increased...
An evening with Les Egarés at The Cedar
“The challenge of "Les Egarés" is to mix several musical cultures from Mali to Jazz, to Musette to Balkan,” said Ballaké Sissoko when Mshale...
‘Rumba Evolution’ author promises a book launch like no other
Ask Africans immigrants in the Twin Cities about George “Jojo” Ndege, and they will probably tell you about the dance parties he used to...
Mandé Sila brings Mandinka heritage alive on Cedar stage
Their music was magic from the first notes out of Habib Koité’s guitar on Wednesday evening, November 13th at The Cedar Cultural Center. A...
Habib & Co. returns to Twin Cities stage Nov. 13 after...
The traveling route from Mali to Côte d’Ivoire to Senegal form an isosceles triangle and would take days if not weeks to travel. The...
Bona hits a grand slam with the Dakota audience in his...
While Twins fans were watching their team lose to the Marlins a few blocks away, fans of Richard Bona were luxuriating in his winsome...
Cameroon’s Richard Bona will make Minnesota debut at the Dakota
Puddingstone, a conglomerate rock in which dark-colored rounded pebbles contrast with a paler, fine-grained matrix. Even more, the nature of puddingstone symbolizes unity, bringing...
‘I am because we are’: Jonathan Butler and band fully sates...
Jonathan Butler is a man of character and he showed us that at the Dakota last week when he opened the evening, not with...
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 deliver a masterclass at the Fine...
“A lion will not give birth to a goat”
Seun Kuti’s performance at the Fine Line in Minneapolis confirmed the truth of this Nigerian proverb...
‘I’m too busy being myself’ in Minneapolis: Seun Kuti & Egypt...
“Right now, music does everything I need,” said Seun Kuti, which is remarkable as this musician from Nigeria has been on stage since he...
Fantastic Negrito debuts ‘White Jesus Black Problems’ during memorable Minneapolis show
Fantastic Negrito shocked us at Mshale with the revelation that he was not the son of a Somali immigrant. He shocked himself when, during...