"What you realize about Somali music is 90 percent of the songs are actually traditional," says Ahmed. "They've been around, some of them, for thousands of years. They just keep getting updated ...

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 ...

Bani-Adam is a singer of traditional songs and a singer-songwriter, ... Somali music highlighted at Oasis of Music. Posted December 6, 2021. 1 min read . Font size + Gift article.

Made to resemble a traditional nomadic Somali dwelling, Hiddo Dhawr is lined with animal hide. ... Somali music has a rare space for expression in which a hint of the 1970s can still be felt. ...

In a Minneapolis rehearsal room, a group of Somali musicians gathers in a circle, playing music rooted in the cafés of Mogadishu. The sound is emotional, rhythmic and steeped in memory. It’s ...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe considers how important protest music is to the Somali culture of survival. Growing up in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is home to the second largest Somali population in the U.S. and now there is a place to uplift their heritage after a new museum opened last weekend. Co-founder ...

Yet Somali music has continued to evolve - in the diaspora and at home. Viral boom time Take K'naan, the Somali-Canadian rapper who had success with his Wavin' Flag 2010 World Cup hit - and whose ...