SOMI
Live, Saturday, March 7, 2015
The Painted Bride (230 Vine St. Philadelphia. PA)
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More info. about the show can be found here.
This acclaimed jazz singer-songwriter straddles the worlds of soul, and pop, and musical traditions from Rwanda and Uganda. JazzTimes magazine describes her live performance as “the earthy gutsiness of Nina Simone blended with the vocal beauty of Dianne Reeves,” while Billboard exclaims that she’s “all elegance and awe…utterly captivating.”
Somi will be joined by Liberty Ellman (acoustic guitar), Toru Dodo (piano), Keith Witty ( bass), and Nate Smith (drums).