The Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine St.
Philadelphia Pa
SATURDAY
Mar 7, 2015
8PM
Ticket Info
$30 Advance / $35 Day of
Members: $21/$24.50
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's accolades are quite extensive. Singing in English as well as African languages, she effortlessly blends the worlds of African jazz, soul, and pop.
When asked what she’d like listeners to take away from her live performance, Somi told Blogcritics, “...I’d love for [listeners] to feel as though they traveled to Lagos with me. I’d also love for them to have a deeper understanding of one African city’s nuance and inspiration – bursting with stories of humanity, both tragic and magic.”
Somi will be joined by Liberty Ellman (acoustic guitar), Toru Dodo (piano), Keith Witty ( bass), and Nate Smith (drums).
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