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Late South African singer Miriam Makeba remains an inspiration 14 years after her death, prompting jazz artist Somi to pay tribute with new twists on the anti-apartheid icon’s greatest hits. Makeba, ...

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Somi’s new record, The Lagos Music Salon, is a vocal masterpiece. Artistic work of this caliber rarely finds its way to mainstream accessibility. Somi has a complexity of musical vocal arrangement ...

becomes immediately apparent as If the Rains Come First unfolds. Singing in English and three East African languages, Somi's vocal delivery is subtle yet the power she exerts is enormous. Optimism, ...

For jazz-infused soul singer Somi, the call of Lagos, Nigeria, wasn’t ancestral or political. As the daughter of East African immigrant parents from Rwanda and Uganda, she has spent a good deal of ...

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Celebrated singer Somi creates richly textured music that celebrates and extends the traditions of at least two continents. Born in Illinois and raised there and in Zambia and Kenya, she is the ...

Late South African singer Miriam Makeba remains an inspiration 14 years after her death, prompting jazz artist Somi to pay tribute with new twists on the anti-apartheid icon's greatest hits. By ...

Grammy-nominated jazz artist, Somi perfoms her new album Zenzile, The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba in honor of the late South African singer Miriam Makeba. [REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko] Late South ...