If you’re familiar with the sounds of Tuareg Blues (or Saharn Blues or Dessert Blues or any name you call it) you know the cliff notes of why this sound from Northwest Africa has...
For Funky Friday we dive into “Bal,” the first song off Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek’s forthcoming Turkish pop/funk LP DOST 2.
I first found Kassa Overall’s music via his hip-hop/jazz/soul/everything-but-the-kitchen sink 2020 LP “I Think I’m Good,” which succeeded at the blending of genres in a way most artists can only dream of. There is...
Ghanaian artist Ata Kak’s genre-bending Obaa Sima is one those albums that, when it was found decades after it’s original 1994 release and introduced to a larger audience than it received upon initial release,...
Photo coverage of Mdou Moctar and Pure Adult performing at the Cedar Cultural Center on 9/18/21
If you were at the September 2019 Les Filles De Illighadad show at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, you know it was a killer set from an amazing band who many of us...
Photo coverage of Rebecca Nichloson and Dua Saleh presenting their commission shows at the Cedar on 2/22/20
Photo coverage of Lucy Dacus at The Cedar Cultural Center on October 12, 2019 in Minneapolis touring in support of her 2018 gem “Historian” on Matador Records. Opening the evening were Sun June (Austin,...
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Tape Tuesday: Cole Pulice’s Two Amazing 2022 Moon Glyph Releases
February 28, 2023
