Results for "Somi"

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz 2018 - seconda parte

by Libero Farnè
July 28, 2018

Umbria Jazz Varie sedi Perugia 13-22.07.2018 Umbria Jazz 2018 ha chiuso i battenti: 1 milione 450 mila euro di incassi da biglietti e merchandising con 35.000 paganti. Numeri invidiabili, da capogiro, anche se un bilancio ragionato fra entrate e uscite richiederebbe un'analisi molto più approfondita. Come abbiamo anticipato nella ...

Album

Petite Afrique

By Somi

Label: Okeh
Released: 2017
Track listing: Disappearing Act I; Alien; Black Enough; The Wild One; They're Like Ghosts; The Gentry; Kadiatou The Beautiful; Holy Room; Disappearing Act II; Let Me; BLUE; Go Back To Your Country (Interlude); Like Dakar; Midnight Angels.

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Somi: Petite Afrique

Read "Petite Afrique" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 29, 2017

Somi's debut on the Okeh imprint--The Lagos Music Salon (Okeh, 2014)--pulled no punches. It tackled tough topics within an African framework, bringing hard truths to bear in soulful fashion. This follow-up is equally impactful, but it shifts focus stateside, eyeing the titular Harlem neighborhood that Somi calls home now. In addressing life along ...

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The Lagos Music Salon

By Somi

Label: Okeh
Released: 2014
Track listing: First Kiss: Eko Oni Baje; Love Juju #1; Lady Revisited; Ankara Sundays; Ginger Me Slowly; When Rivers Cry; Brown Round Things; The Story Of Monkey; Akobi: First Born S(U)N; Two-Dollar Day; Still YOur Girl; Four.One.Nine; Love Nwantinti; Four African Women; Hearts & Swag; Love Juju #2; Last Song; Shine Your Eye.

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Somi: The Lagos Music Salon

Read "The Lagos Music Salon" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 22, 2014

L'attuale rinascita del soul, nella nuova connessione tra radici storiche, jazz, hip-hop e Africa non è solo europea (inglese e francese, soprattutto). Evidenziata da giovani cantanti nere con precise radici africane, trova in Somi una figura di crescente rilevanza, destinata ad ampio successo. 33 anni, nata negli Stati Uniti da genitori provenienti da ...

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Somi: The Lagos Music Salon

Read "The Lagos Music Salon" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 21, 2014

To most people, the junction of New York and Lagos, Nigeria may not seem like a natural place for an album to take shape. Somi, thankfully, thought otherwise. This worldly and well-traveled vocalist makes it seem like the most natural of meeting points on The Lagos Music Salon. Somi's music has always been ...

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Rigas Ritmi Festival: Riga, Latvia, July 3-6 2013

by Bruce Lindsay
July 15, 2013

Rigas RitmiRigaLatviaJuly 2-6, 2013Latvia's Rigas Ritmi 2013 was the 13th edition of this compact but always intriguing celebration of music--or, more precisely as the title indicates, a celebration of rhythms. The distinction is important for although jazz is at the heart of the festival it shares the spotlight with other styles. ...

News: Radio

Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!

September 11, 2011

'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. ...

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The John Coltrane You Haven't Heard airs on Reeds & Deeds II

April 4, 2011

This Sunday's broadcast of radio program Reeds & Deeds II on WECB will feature exclusive, rare, and in some cases, never before heard tunes from jazz legend John Coltrane. Live performances from Penn State 1963, Paris 1961, outtakes from Coltrane's 1965 “Sun Ship" sessions with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones, as well as the ...

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Vocalist Somi to be interviewed on Reeds and Deeds II

February 13, 2011

This Sunday's broadcast of “Reeds & Deeds II" will feature an exclusive interview with jazz vocalist Somi. Somi is performing Monday night at the Regattabar in Cambridge to celebrate Valentines Day. The interview is scheduled to air at 6:30 on www.wecb.fm. Somi will talk about her musical background, the creative process of her two albums “Red ...