Blog: Muruch

Troubadour was the 2009 sophomore release by Somali-Canadian rapper/singer-songwriter and poet K'NAAN. I was first introduced to K'NAAN's music last year when a friend played his beautiful song "Wavin' Flag" for me. A few weeks later, I saw K'NAAN's jubilant and superbly entertaining performance on Austin City Limits and I was hooked. K'NAAN is often compared to Bob Marley, but he names modern rapper Nas as his biggest influence. K'NAAN - whose name means "traveller" in the Somali language - fled Mogadishu with his [...]