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Kosi: Pictures of Us
by Victor L. Schermer
This is an album whose authenticity and directness of expression is matched only by its underlying artistic complexity and conceptual nuances. Kosi Gyebi Sorensen (Akosua Gyebi) is a New York-based singer and composer whose vocal persona on this album is that of a young woman of humble origins struggling with the trials of intimacy and love, the apotheosis of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The Facebook pages of the singer herself, however, reveal a sophisticated, intellectually ...
Continue ReadingKosi: Onwards and Upwards
by Sammy Stein
Akosua Gyebi, known as Kosi, has a voluptuous, mesmeric voice and has just released her first solo album One More Cup Of Coffee on her own label which received positive reviews. Kosi is a songstress who tells stories through her music. In her songs, you find tales of the seedier side of New York, the darker side where long shadows, broken relationships and hard life stories come to life. Kosi sings with emotion and candor and has an extensive vocal ...
Continue ReadingKosi: One More Cup of Coffee
by Sammy Stein
KOSI: One More Cup Of Coffee Akosua Gyebi--AKA Kosi is a vocalist with a beautiful, sultry voice and a very distinctive style. Her self-produced debut album One More Cup Of CoffeeAron Marchak. It is an album which relates the tales of the night people of New York, with their ups, downs, affairs, anger,lost loves and triumphs. Kosi sings with poignancy and tender emotion and the listener is drawn into the songs and characters she paints with her music. ...
Continue ReadingKosi: One More Cup of Coffee
by Mehdi El Mouden
Akosua Gyebi, known as Kosi released her debut album One More Cup of Coffee. Deeply rooted in the New York scene, Kosi weaves along guitarist Aron Marshak powerful melodies in graceful style. From folk, blues, to jazz, Kosi captures urban tales in a contralto emotive tone. Indeed, with a voice husky with emotion, Kosi sings her heart out. Singing about love, reflecting upon urban life or just whistling upon guitar riffs, Kosi is generous with her approach to ...
Continue ReadingKosi: One More Cup Of Coffee
by Chris Mosey
In her own words, Kosi is “a New York born and bred singer-songwriter with nappy hair and jazz roots." She is the author of a stream-of-consciousness blog about her life of which the following is an extract: “I haven't washed my hair or shaved my arm pits (sic). I've brushed my teeth, but I haven't eaten. I'm still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. I meant to do laundry a few days ago, but I haven't gotten ...
Continue ReadingKosi: One More Cup of Coffee
by John Eyles
Kosi is Akosua Gyebi Sorensen, a New York born and raised vocalist, guitarist and songwriter who attended Brooklyn College where she began performing with the college's Small Jazz Ensemble. According to her website, One More Cup of Coffee is her third album but the first released under her own name. It was recorded in August 2013 and features Kosi plus “one take wonder" guitarist Aron Marchak. The absence of any other instrumentation gives the music a loose, open feel and ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With Kosi
by AAJ Staff
Meet Akosua Gyebi: I am a songwriter born and raised in New York City. Instrument(s): Vocalist. Teachers and/or influences? Salim Washington, Katchie (Katchie) Cartwright, Miles Griffith, Abbey Lincoln, Jill Scott, Gregory Porter, and Nina Simone. Your sound and approach to music: I've been called powerful, and I usually bring just a little bit of drama to my interpretation. My sound is bigger than my body. I ...
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