Somi (African singer)

Somi (yavutse yitwa Laura Kabasomi Kakoma ku ya 6 Kamena 1981)  ni umuririmbyi wahataniye Grammy award wavukiye muri Amerika, umwanditsi w'indirimbo, umwanditsi w'amakinamico, akaba n'umukinnyi wa filimi ukomoka mu Rwanda no muri Ugandahttps://www.newtimes.co.rw/entertainment/somi-new-album-special-tribute-miriam-makeba .

 Ubuzima bwo hambere 
Somi yavukiye i Champaign, muri Illinois, mu gihe se yari arangije amasomo ya dogiteri muri kaminuza ya Illinois muri Urbana - Champaign . Igihe Somi yari afite imyaka itatu, umuryango we waje kwimukira i Ndola, muri Zambiya, naho se yakoraga mu muryango mpuzamahanga wita ku buzimahttps://allafrica.com/stories/202105280151.html . Mu mpera z'imyaka ya za 1980, ubwo se yabaga umwarimu muri kaminuza ya Illinois, basubiye muri Champaign, aho Somi yize mu ishuri ryisumbuye rya Kaminuza ndetse na Champaign Central High School . Yabonye impamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya mbere cya kaminuza muri Anthropology na African Studies yakuye muri kaminuza ya Illinois muri Urbana - Champaign. Afite kandi impamyabumenyi y'ikirenga yakuye muri kaminuza ya New York 's Tisch School of Arts in Performance Studieshttps://www.newtimes.co.rw/entertainment/my-grammy-nomination-was-milestone-celebrate-somi.

 umwuga 
Muri 2007, yasohoye alubumu ye ya mbere Red Soil in My Eyes muri label ya Harmonia Mundi / World Village label bakoranye amasezerano ye ya mbere yo kumufasha mu muziki. Iyi alubum yakunzwe cyane hamwe nindirimbo "Ingele" yabonye umwanya wa 10 kuri   U.S. World Music Charts muri Amerika mumezi menshihttps://rwanda.shafaqna.com/FR/AL/221951.

Muri 2009, Somi yasinyanye na label yigenga ya ObliqSound . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124032021/http://www.obliqsound.com/newsb/2009/03/11/obliqsound-signs-vocalist-somi yahise asohora If the Rains Come Firstt yasohotse  ku ya 27 Ukwakira 2009, hanyuma igatangira kuri no. 2 kuri Billboard ' iba iya 21 kuri ' Heatseekers chart Billboard . Iyi alubumu igaragaramo umuhanga wo muri Afrika yepfo Hugh Masekela, umujyanama wa Somi umaze igihe kinini. Muri Werurwe 2011, Somi yashyize alubumu ye ya mbere y'ibitaramo kuri Jazz Standard izwi cyane mu mujyi wa New York . Yasohotse kuri Palmetto Records muri Kanama 2011.

Muri 2013, Somi yasinyanye amasezerano yambere ya label na Sony Music kugirango abe umwe mubahanzi ba mbere kuri jazz imprint Okeh Records . Album ye na label yambere yatangiriye The Lagos Music Salon, igaragaramo abahanzi badasanzwe batsindiye Grammy award nka Angelique Kidjo na Common ndetse ikanagaragara kuri US Jazz Charts, yatewe inkunga n'amezi 18 yamaze i Lagos, muri Nijeriya. Nyuma yo gushimwa cyane no kuba abafana bariyongereye cyane, The Huffington Post hamwe nibindi bitangazamakuru byise Somi " Nina Simone mushya". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-carpenter/somi_b_5592673.html Muri Werurwe 2017, yasohoye Petite Afrique nka alubumu ye ya kabiri kuri Okeh Records. Iyi alubumu yatsindiye igihembo cy’amashusho cya NAACP 2018 kubera indirimbo idasanzwe ya Jazz, ni alubum y’umuryango munini w’abimukira bo muri Afurika  batuye  i Harlem, Umujyi wa New Yorkhttps://www.ktpress.rw/2020/11/rwandan-jazz-maestro-somi-nominated-for-grammy-awards/.

Muri Nyakanga 2020, Somi yasohoye 'Holy Room - Live kuri Alte Oper' Album ya Live, inagaragaramo Radio Big Band ya Frankfurt, yatorewe igihembo cya Grammy award 2021 cya Album nziza ya Jazz Vocal kandi yegukana igihembo cya 2021 NAACP Image Award nka Album ya Jazz Yamamaye, Vocalhttps://rwandatoday.africa/rwanda/lifestyle/somi-s-jazz-at-the-grammys-3221188.

Ikinamico yambere ya Somi, Dreaming Zenzile, n'umuziki ushingiye kubuzima bwa Miriam Makeba . Yerekanwe bwa mbere muri The Repertory Theatre ya St. Louis muri Nzeri 2021 nyuma yuko igice cya mbere gihagaritswe iminsi itanu mbere kwerekanwa muri Werurwe 2020 kubera icyorezo cya Covid-19 . Nkumwanditsi n'umukinnyi, akoresha izina rye ryanyuma akagenda na Somi Kakomahttps://independent.ng/grammy-nominee-somi-to-join-spotifys-equal-music-program/.Kuri ubu Somi atuye mu mujyi wa New Yorkhttps://en.igihe.com/entertainment/sony-music-international-signs-rwandan-singer.
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