The Sublime Somi Bridges African and Western Jazz
The New Yorker · 25 Sep 2026

The Sublime Somi Bridges African and Western Jazz

In the past two decades, the singer Laura Kabasomi Kakoma, who performs music mononymously as Somi, has become a bridge between Western jazz and the jazz of Africa. An Illinois-born New Yorker of Rwandan and Ugandan descent who grew up in Zambia, she channels her diasporic upbringing into a synergiz


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