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Seun Kuti, Angelique Kidjo and more feature on Somi's new album, 'Zenzile'


Nduduzo Makhathini join Somi for the tribute.
Other collaborators also include American jazz singer Gregory Porter, Nigerian afrobeat musician Seun Kuti and celebrated Beninese singer-songwriter and activist, Angelique Kidjo.
After the release of
Zenzile, Somi will take the story of Makeba’s life to the theater stage with her original new musical
Dreaming Zenzile.
Written by and starring Somi and directed by Obie Award winner Lileana Blain-Cruz, the production is set to premiere later in 2021.
Dreaming Zenzile features a cast of five including Somi as Makeba a live band, original music and reinterpretations of Makeba’s popular repertoire. For her first foray into theater, Somi was named a 2019 Sundance Theater Fellow. ....

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Somi's Holy Room breaks the sounds of silence - The Mail & Guardian


Somi’s Holy Room breaks the sounds of silence
9 Apr 2021
Somi’s big-band album lends colour and depth to her songs which often document various strands of diasporic life. (Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty Images)
Grammy nominee Somi’s big-band album
Recorded in May, 2019 in Frankfurt, Somi confesses that she never thought of the show as a possible release until lockdown hit in 2020 and she began to be haunted by the thoughts of all those empty theatres and concert venues. 
“I actually had a totally different studio album I was planning on putting out,” she says on a call from the United States. “I will say that when we were in rehearsal two years ago, I was like: ‘Oh my God, I love how the band sounds. I wish that I could make this an album.’ ....

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Africa's jazz diva Somi deeply humbled by her 2021 Grammy nomination


Africa’s jazz diva Somi deeply humbled by her 2021 Grammy nomination
By Kedibone Modise
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US-based Rwandan-Ugandan jazz singer and songwriter, Somi, made history when she was announced as one of the nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards.
Born Laura Kabasomi Kakoma, her latest offering “Holy Room” got a nod in the Grammys Best Jazz Vocal Album category, making her the first African woman to be nominated in any of the jazz categories and the first African artist to be nominated for a jazz vocal performance.
Released under her own record label Salon Africana, “Holy Room” was recorded in an 18th-century opera house during a live concert in May 2019 and it features Frankfurt Radio Big Band. ....

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