SOMI

Somi is a daughter of the New African world. Born in Illinois to East African parents, Somi and her six siblings began to shuffle through the life of a diplomat scientist-come-university professor’s family thus exposing Somi to stories and music from all over the world.

Her album Red Soil In My Eyes is a soulful celebration of her Rwandese and Ugandan heritage. Throughout Somi’s songwriting, her voice soars over, through, and in between nuances of an incomparable musicianship that organically fuses jazz, classic soul, African folk, and rare urban grooves.

Somi recently found time to complete a master’s degree at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts while winning praise from African icons like Hugh Masekela and CheikTidiane Seck.

Somi appears with the following band members:

Clement Benny (drums)
Mlungisi Gegana (bass)
Kunle (guitar)
Nduduzo Makhathini (piano).

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