In Somalia, a lack of professional musical training opportunities, a conservative culture, and strict Islam practices which discourage music often leave aspiring musicians with few options. To combat ...

Mahamed Cali is executive director of KALY 101.7, a Somali community radio station based in South Minneapolis. He is one of thousands of immigrants in Minnesota whose official birthdays are Jan. 1.

Muniira Jirde (left), Lillian Chapman (center), and Asmaa Abdi (right) show their xylophone mallets as teacher Becca Buck lectures during a music class at Gideon Pond Elementary on April 11.

Minnesota's Somali community and human rights advocates are rallying around a local Somali singer facing deportation to a home country where he is the target of death threats. Omar Osman Mohamed — who ...

The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and distinctive gifts, and bottomless stamina. He gave us over 70 years of high-octane Somali musical mastery. A crate digger ...