Saanta Collective’s performance re-creates a Gaaf, a traditional Somali wedding afterparty, features Somali music and dance, ...

Somalis are natural-born critics, yet for over six decades Axmed Naaji Sacad (Ahmed Naji Sa'ad) was almost unanimously revered. A household name in urban Somalia, the popular singer and poet has ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Legendary Wabeeri Band singer Omar Abdulle Osman alias Shooli has died in a Mogadishu hospital, reports indicate, in yet another setback to the Somali music industry which is ...

Musician JD Steele, left, and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf of the music group Ardaa socialize during a rehearsal at the Pangea World Theatre in Minneapolis on April 1. When it comes to staying informed in ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: What do you remember from music class? Remember that when you were a kid? Did you learn the xylophone, maybe the recorder, singing folk songs ...

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Baxsan’s tumultuous six-decade journey as a singer was irrevocably tied to Somalia’s national identity and cultural history. The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and ...