Release Date: 9/4/2026
Somi's"superblyplayed, beautifullyexecutedandexquisitelyproduced"(Jazzwise)tributetoMiriamMakeba, the"FirstLadyofAfricanSong", is
finallyavailableondoublevinyl. SomiKakomaisaGrammynominatedUS-basedsinger, songwriter, playwrightandactorofRwandanandUgandandescent. Heracclaimed2022 album, 'Zenzile-TheReimaginationOfMiriamMakeba', herseventhoverall, isacelebrationoftheinvaluablemusicalcontributionsandmessagesofsocialjusticemadebythe'firstladyofAfricansong'andfeaturesSomi'sinterpretationsofsomeofMakeba'sbestknownrecordings. Abrandnew (andnewlymastered)double-vinylformatofthealbumisbeingfinallymadeavailableexactlyoneyearaftertheoriginalCDanddigitalreleaseonwhatwouldhavebeenMakeba's90thbirthday (4thMarch2022)-thevinyl releaseiscoincidingwithaconcertatFaschinginStockholmonMarch7andaLondonshowatRonnieScott'sonMarch12. "Supplejazzsingingandcompassionatesocialconsciousness: they'rebothseriousandseductive. "-TheNewYorkTimes
TRACKS:
- 1 Umhome
- 2 House of the Rising Sun
- 3 Milele Feat. Seun Kuti & Thandiswa Mazwai
- 4 Hapo Zamani
- 5 Love Tastes Like Strawberries Feat. Gregory Porter Khuluma Feat. Msaki
- 6 Pata Pata
- 7 A Piece of Ground
- 8 Kwedini
- 9 Lakutshon'ilanga
- 10 Olili
- 11 Mbombela
- 12 Jike'lemaweni Feat. Angelique Kidjo
- 13 Nonqonqo Feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- 14 Malaika
- 15 Ring Bell, Ring Bell
- 16 Mabhongo Feat. Nduduzo Makhathini
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