Tag: African Music in Minnesota
Ethiopian Israeli musician Gili Yalo takes the stage at The Cedar...
Gili Yalo’s life has been one of departure and arrival, leaving the familiar to seek safety in what is new. What’s never been cast-off,...
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 prove their mettle on Dakota stage
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 brought their blistering and buoyant performance to the Dakota in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday that had the initially reserved...
Pierre Bensusan on his upcoming Minneapolis show: ‘there is nothing to...
As riotous summer surrenders to autumn, so too exuberant music festivals give way to intimate music performed indoors.
Acoustic guitar player, Pierre Bensusan, takes the...
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 bringing Afrobeat to the Dakota in...
If you are looking for a relaxing evening out with friends, a bit of indulgence as soft music plays in the background and and...
Cape Verdean singer Lucibela to perform at the Cedar on Sept....
Lucibela will bring a night of Morna and Coladeria music to the stage when she performs at The Cedar Cultural Center September 16th. This...
Femi Kuti and son Made blow the roof off the Cedar...
The Cedar Cultural Center hosts hundreds of musical acts every year, but they could not contain the sound of Femi Kuti and his band...
Femi Kuti will bring ‘Legacy+’ tour to Minneapolis on June 22
Take a look at Femi Kuti’s tour schedule for the past two years. Steady gigs until July 2020 then silence. It takes twenty months...
Vieux Farka Touré will perform at the Dakota in Minneapolis on...
More than half his life—and he’s only 41 years old—has been devoted to on-stage, live performance. Vieux Farka Touré revels in the energy of...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo coming to Minneapolis
Ladysmith Black Mambazo has resumed its global touring and will take the stage at The Dakota March 15th.
Speaking to me by phone from Hampton...
Dakota reopens on September 10 after 18-month closure
Update: The Dakota has announced the postponement of the Vieux Farka Touré September 21 concert until further notice.
The Dakota, Minneapolis’ landmark jazz club and...
Cape Verde’s Lucibela to make Minneapolis debut at the Dakota
Situated in Atlantic waters 350 miles from West Africa, over a half-million people live on the ten tiny islands of the Cabo Verde archipelago....