Tag: African music
Senegal’s Baaba Maal returns after years with new album
Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal is releasing his first album in seven...
Vieux Farka Touré concert brings largest audience to the Dakota since...
Vieux Farka Touré took the stage at The Dakota on Wednesday night (May 18th). After a brief off-stage introduction, he politely acknowledged his audience,...
Congolese Rumba added to UNESCO list of global cultural treasures
UNESCO on Tuesday added Congolese rumba music to its world heritage list. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Republic had submitted a joint...
Remembrance: Aurlus Mabele and Manu Dibango
The coronavirus has taken the lives of two elderly African musicians in Paris: Manu Dibango, a Cameroonian saxophone and vibraphone superstar, and Aurlus Mabele,...
Diamond Platnumz in top form in Minneapolis
By now no one expects African shows put up by African promoters in the Twin Cities to start at the advertised time and indeed...
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Take the Stage at The...
I couldn’t envision Femi Kuti and the Positive Force squashing onto The Cedar’s stage—not all the horn players, guitar players, drummers, dancers, keyboardist, and...
Queen of African music set for “Woman of Substance” concert in...
As part of St. Catherine University's Woman of Substance Series, Angelique Kidjo will perform at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in St Paul on April 24th at...
The American revival of Janka Nabay
Earlier this month, singer Ahmed Janka Nabay was milling about the Brooklyn warehouse concert venue 285 Kent. In the crowded, windowless confines of the...