Despite being home to one of the largest Somali populations in the U.S., Minnesotans know relatively little about Somali music. We learn more about the music Somalis generally keep to themselves.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least 14 radio stations here in the capital stopped broadcasting music on Tuesday, heeding an ultimatum by an Islamist insurgent group to stop playing songs or face ...

Hadithi Bani-Adam and and Mohamed Ali Ibrahim will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 8, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Bani-Adam is a ...

Hadithi Bani-Adam and and Mohamed Ali Ibrahim will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 8, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Bani-Adam is a ...

Minnesota educator and author Marian Hassan received a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center to support her new children's book project that preserves the Somali language and traditional stories.

The short film "Dhaanto" directed by Yasmin Yassin features a Somali dance troupe that is sharing traditional moves with young Somali Americans in Minneapolis. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: A ...

This celebration isn’t just for the Somali community — it’s for all of us," Ahmed Makaraan said. "It’s a chance to ...

But the sensitive themes over contemporary music are shaking up Somali society, more used to love songs and traditional music. Although popular among the young, the group says it has made many ...

Uncovering Somalia’s forgotten music of the 1970s A trove of recordings that survived ‘Africa’s Dresden’ is a window into how music once flourished under a dictatorship.

Somali music is distinctive - it has the rich sound of the oud, other stringed instruments, drums and empowering lyrics that come from the country's oral story-telling tradition and love of poetry.

They dance with men to the tunes of Somali love songs, performed by a vocalist and a pianist. But in recent months, traditional wedding celebrations have been banned.