Tag: African Music in Minnesota
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...
Fatoumata Diawara captivates her audience
If you were at The Cedar for the music, on October 5th, you were happy. If you came to see dancing, again, you were...
Mali musician Fatoumata Diawara to grace Cedar stage October 5
The countdown begins as October 5th nears and The Cedar presents Fatoumata Diawara, musician, actor, and advocate for human rights of immigrants and especially...
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band fascinate their audience
What defines Baba Commandant and the Mandingo band might be described as guttural singing or throat singing or Tina Turner-like screaming, maybe most closely...