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Somi
Born Laura Kabasomi Kakoma in Champaign, Illinois on June 6, 1981, the jazz
vocalist and composer is better known by her stage name, Somi. Born to parents
from Rwanda and Uganda and raised between the American Midwest and southern
Africa, she grew up inhabiting multiple cultural worlds. Her music blends vocal
jazz with African grooves, soul, and pop songwriting, using narrative as its
connective tissue. Her debut album, Eternal Motive (2003), introduced her as a
striking interpretive singer, but it was her later work that established her
voice as singular. Albums such as The Lago...
