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SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

Last Night: K'naan, Gabriel Teodros, and Yze at Neumos

Last night, Neumos got a major boost of adrenaline via a full moon and a raucous hip-hop show. No disrespect to the power of a full moon, but if I had to say what force had the biggest effect on so many people in the audience going crazy (in a good way), I'd say it was the presence of K'naan in the ... More >>

New Music: K'naan Releases Troubadour -- Performs in Seattle March 10

K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>

The Weekend Preview!

K'naan Troubadour (A&M Octone) The UN projects that in 2009, a third of Somalia's total population will be dependent on humanitarian aid--this, in a country that has no central government, where the most viable economic vocation is piracy. Enter K'naan. Having fled civil war in Mogadishu in 199 ... More >>

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Saturday, February 23

Bling, Bling!

Saturday, February 23

Songs of Freedom

How the Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone made civil war disappear.

Edutainment

Kanye West gets an honorary degree in Afro-American studies.