Maimouna Youssef is returning to Harlem Stage this week for two shows. On Friday night she will dedicate the show to her Choctaw, African American and Muslim ancestry. Youssef, aka MuMu Fresh comes from a family of spiritual artists and activists. The music will come from her repertoire of traditionalContinue Reading
On October 19th Maimouna Youssef will perform music from her new album Vintage Babies at Harlem Stage. Ms. Youssef aka MuMu Fresh has been busy all year after a performance with August Green for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and the completion of Vintage Babies. She has collaborated with DJ DummyContinue Reading
August Greene made their NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert debut with a five-song set. Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper are the core members of the group but for the performance, they added members of their collective including DJ Dummy, Burniss Travis and Samora Pinderhughes. Common explains at the beginning howContinue Reading
[youtube id=”XXNrYk664do”] “Stay” is from Maimouna Youssef’s The Reintroduction Of Mumu Fresh mixtape from last Spring.Continue Reading