Somi

Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 21, 2017
Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)

Somi - 3 Albums (2007-2011)
EAC, XLD Rip, WEB FLAC ~ 991 Mb | 02:56:28 | Covers
Vocal Jazz | Country: Uganda, Rwanda / USA

A few years ago, acclaimed East African vocalist & songwriter Somi decided to move from New York City to Lagos, Nigeria for 18 months in search of new inspiration. The result: a new album she calls The Lagos Music Salon released in August 2014 as her major label debut on Sony Music/Okeh - landing at #1 on US Jazz charts. The album, which features special guests Angelique Kidjo, Common and Ambrose Akinmusire, draws it material from the tropical city's boastful cosmopolitanism, urgent inspiration, and giant spirit - straddling the worlds of African jazz, soul, and pop with a newfound ease and a voice that Vogue Magazine simply calls “Superb!”

Somi - Petite Afrique (2017) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 13, 2018
Somi - Petite Afrique (2017) [Official Digital Download]

Somi - Petite Afrique (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 52:50 minutes | 536 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Petite Afrique, the new album from superb jazz chanteuse Somi, is a song cycle inspired by the vibrant African immigrant community that has become a vital part of Harlem s cultural dimension and to New York City as a whole. The historic uptown neighborhood fondly boasts of West 116th Street as "Little Africa," where passersby can find any number of African immigrant shops selling a vast array of products and food. Over the last decade, gentrification has crept deeper into Harlem, pushing the African immigrants out. With Petite Afrique, Somi ensures that the stories and struggles of New York City's largest African community do not disappear without having ever been told.

Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 9, 2022
Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022)

Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 471 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 167 Mb | Covers included | 01:13:02
Vocal Jazz, Soul, World | Label: Salon Africana

US-based, Grammy-nominated Rwandan and Ugandan singer-songwriter Somi’s Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba lovingly celebrates the musical contributions of the late "first lady of African song." With intergenerational contributions by Seun Kuti, Thandiswa Mazwai, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Nduduzo Makhathini, and Angelique Kidjo, a pan-Africanist thread runs through this 17-track commemoration, released on what would have been Makeba’s 90th birthday. Articulating Makeba’s sonic vocabulary, Somi distils messages of womanhood, homecoming, social justice, and political strife while employing and re-imagining several idioms. Scouring Makeba’s catalogue, South African jazz of yesteryear coalesces with contemporary contexts to both memorialize and reinvigorate. The sanguine keys of the Gregory Porter-assisted “Love Tastes Like Strawberries” meet the arresting vocal performances of both Somi and folk artist Msaki on “Khuluma”. It’s the electronically-tinged rework of “Pata Pata” that best encapsulates Somi’s aims by crafting melodies with darker hues to explore Makeba’s ethos more broadly.
Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 73:02 minutes | 788 MB
Vocal Jazz, Soul, World | Label: Salon Africana, Official Digital Download

US-based, Grammy-nominated Rwandan and Ugandan singer-songwriter Somi’s Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba lovingly celebrates the musical contributions of the late "first lady of African song." With intergenerational contributions by Seun Kuti, Thandiswa Mazwai, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Nduduzo Makhathini, and Angelique Kidjo, a pan-Africanist thread runs through this 17-track commemoration, released on what would have been Makeba’s 90th birthday.

Somi - Petite Afrique (2017)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 9, 2017
Somi - Petite Afrique (2017)

Somi - Petite Afrique (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:52:56 | 272 Mb
Jazz, Pop, Female Vocal | Label: Sony Music Entertainment

Petite Afrique, the new album from superb jazz chanteuse Somi, is a song cycle inspired by the vibrant African immigrant community that has become a vital part of Harlem s cultural dimension and to New York City as a whole. The historic uptown neighborhood fondly boasts of West 116th Street as "Little Africa," where passersby can find any number of African immigrant shops selling a vast array of products and food. Over the last decade, gentrification has crept deeper into Harlem, pushing the African immigrants out. With Petite Afrique, Somi ensures that the stories and struggles of New York City's largest African community do not disappear without having ever been told. The songs on the album are based on Somi's conversations with diverse members of the Harlem community reflecting on themes of transnationalism, cultural difference, assimilation and gentrification. Blending modern jazz, African music and the singer-songwriter tradition, Petite Afrique is an amalgamation of the musical and cultural worlds that resonate with Somi as an African AND American woman and a proud Harlemite.

Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014)  Music

Posted by mark70 at May 29, 2014
Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014)

Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 68:20 min | 160 MB
Genre: Jazz, Nu Jazz, Soul | Label: Okeh

Few contemporary albums bare as particular a narrative as "The Lagos Music Salon". The new album by the superb chanteuse Somi, finds her breaking new ground with a hybrid style of music that organically integrates the essence of jazz and soul with the musical depth of her African heritage. "It's the first time ever that I put all other pursuits on hold to focus solely on the creative process," says Somi, who moved to Lagos, Nigeria from her New York home with a passionate desire to find a new direction for her vision and voice.

Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Oct. 29, 2017
Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014) [Official Digital Download]

Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 45:42 minutes | 761 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Few contemporary albums bare as particular a narrative as "The Lagos Music Salon". The new album by the superb chanteuse Somi, finds her breaking new ground with a hybrid style of music that organically integrates the essence of jazz and soul with the musical depth of her African heritage. "It's the first time ever that I put all other pursuits on hold to focus solely on the creative process," says Somi, who moved to Lagos, Nigeria from her New York home with a passionate desire to find a new direction for her vision and voice.
Yoanna Prodanova, Somi Kim, Joseph Shiner - Brahms: Works for Clarinet (2019)

Yoanna Prodanova, Somi Kim, Joseph Shiner - Brahms: Works for Clarinet (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 252 MB | Tracks: 11 | 65:23 min
Style: Classical | Label: Orchid Classics

Joseph Shiner and Somi Kim perform the last chamber works ever written by Brahms: his Clarinet Sonatas, heard here alongside his sublime Clarinet Trio, for which they are joined by cellist Yoanna Prodanova. Brahms was so enchanted by the playing of clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld that he came out of retirement in order to write four chamber works for the soloist. Three of those works are featured on this album, interpreted by the exciting up-and-coming clarinetist Joseph Shiner, with Somi Kim at the piano and, for the Trio, cellist Yoanna Prodanova. As so often in Brahms’s paired works, the two sonatas have contrasting characters, the second gentler than the first, although both are highly nuanced, balancing taut structures with expressive, often wistful lyricism. The Trio is an expansive piece which includes in its first movement a theme originally intended for what would have been Brahms’s Fifth Symphony.
Yoanna Prodanova, Somi Kim, Joseph Shiner - Brahms: Works for Clarinet (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Yoanna Prodanova, Somi Kim, Joseph Shiner - Brahms: Works for Clarinet (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 65:23 minutes | 1.14 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Joseph Shiner and Somi Kim perform the last chamber works ever written by Brahms: his Clarinet Sonatas, heard here alongside his sublime Clarinet Trio, for which they are joined by cellist Yoanna Prodanova. Brahms was so enchanted by the playing of clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld that he came out of retirement in order to write four chamber works for the soloist. Three of those works are featured on this album, interpreted by the exciting up-and-coming clarinetist Joseph Shiner, with Somi Kim at the piano and, for the Trio, cellist Yoanna Prodanova.
Somi - Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (2020)

Somi - Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 492 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 209 Mb | 01:31:13
Vocal Jazz, Big Band | Label: Salon Africana

Recorded live at Alte Oper (Germany) with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band. Arranged and conducted by John Beasley and also featuring Somi's longtime collaborators Hervé Samb (guitar) and Toru Dodo (piano).