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Somi (06 Jun 1979 - )

Female Person - United States jazz singer/composer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (7)

Official

Album

  1. Red Soil in My Eyes 10 Apr 2007
  2. If the Rains Come First 27 Oct 2009
  3. The Lagos Music Salon 2014
  4. Petite Afrique 31 Mar 2017
  5. Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band 24 Jul 2020
  6. Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba 30 Jul 2021

Album - Live

  1. Live at Jazz Standard 2011

Recordings by (77)

  1. Ulale Malika Wangu 4:15 (16 Mar 2004)
  2. Ingele 3:56 (10 Apr 2007)
  3. My Mother's Daughter 5:03 (10 Apr 2007)
  4. Day by Day 3:47 (10 Apr 2007)
  5. Circles 5:57 (10 Apr 2007)
  6. Red Soil in My Eyes 7:25 (10 Apr 2007)
  7. African Lady 4:16 (10 Apr 2007)
  8. Quietly 5:53 (10 Apr 2007)
  9. Losing You 5:43 (10 Apr 2007)
  10. Mbabazi 5:12 (10 Apr 2007)
  11. Natural 4:25 (10 Apr 2007)
  12. Remembrance 8:57 (10 Apr 2007)
  13. Hot Blue 4:28 (27 Oct 2009)
  14. Prayer to the Saint of the Brokenhearted 3:21 (27 Oct 2009)
  15. Wallflower Blues 4:53 (27 Oct 2009)
  16. Be Careful, Be Kind 5:12 (27 Oct 2009)
  17. Enganjyani 5:19 (27 Oct 2009)
  18. Rising 3:22 (27 Oct 2009)
  19. Changing Inspiration 3:15 (27 Oct 2009)
  20. Kuzunguka 4:46 (27 Oct 2009)
  21. If the Rains Come First 5:09 (27 Oct 2009)
  22. Jewel of His Soul 4:32 (27 Oct 2009)
  23. Maybe Then 6:08 (27 Oct 2009)
  24. Should've Been 5:47 (2011)
  25. If the Rain Comes First 8:51 (2011)
  26. Enganiyani 7:48 (2011)
  27. Waiting in Vain 5:02 (2011)
  28. Last Song 4:21 (28 Feb 2014)
  29. First Kiss: Eko Oni Baje 1:25 (2014)
  30. Love Juju #1 3:22 (2014)
  31. Ankara Sundays 5:18 (2014)
  32. Ginger Me Slowly 4:04 (2014)
  33. Brown Round things 4:30 (2014)
  34. The Story of Monkey 0:53 (2014)
  35. Akobi: First Born S(u)n 4:07 (2014)
  36. Two-Dollar Day 5:51 (2014)
  37. Still Your Girl 4:47 (2014)
  38. Four.One.Nine 3:32 (2014)
  39. Four African Women 6:36 (2014)
  40. Hearts & Swag 1:17 (2014)
  41. Love Juju #2 4:21 (2014)
  42. Shine Your Eye 3:23 (2014)
  43. Disappearing Act I 1:42 (31 Mar 2017)
  44. Alien 5:15 (31 Mar 2017)
  45. Black Enough 3:05 (31 Mar 2017)
  46. The Wild One 4:07 (31 Mar 2017)
  47. They’re Like Ghosts 5:28 (31 Mar 2017)
  48. Kadiatou the Beautiful 3:49 (31 Mar 2017)
  49. Holy Room 5:05 (31 Mar 2017)
  50. Disappearing Act II 1:15 (31 Mar 2017)
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On Recordings (50)

Vocals

  1. Ulale Malika Wangu 4:15 Somi (16 Mar 2004)
  2. Should've Been 5:47 Somi (2011)
  3. Waiting in Vain 5:02 Somi (2011)
  4. If the Rain Comes First 8:51 Somi (2011)
  5. Enganiyani 7:48 Somi (2011)
  6. Ankara Sundays 5:18 Somi (2014)
  7. Two-Dollar Day 5:51 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  8. Four.One.Nine 3:32 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  9. Love Juju #1 3:22 Somi (2014)
  10. Love Juju #2 4:21 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  11. Love Nwantinti 2:11 Somi feat. In His Image (2014)
  12. Ginger Me Slowly 4:04 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  13. Brown Round things 4:30 Somi (2014)
  14. Still Your Girl 4:47 Somi (2014)
  15. Akobi: First Born S(u)n 4:07 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  16. Lady Revisited 3:55 Somi feat. Angélique Kidjo (2014)
  17. The Story of Monkey 0:53 Somi (2014)
  18. Four African Women 6:36 Somi (2014) lead vocals, background vocals
  19. First Kiss: Eko Oni Baje 1:25 Somi (2014)
  20. Shine Your Eye 3:23 Somi (2014) background vocals, spoken vocals
  21. When Rivers Cry 4:28 Somi feat. Common (2014)
  22. Hearts & Swag 1:17 Somi (2014) additional
  23. Like Dakar 4:55 Somi (31 Mar 2017) lead vocals
  24. BLUE 4:29 Somi (31 Mar 2017) lead vocals
  25. Disappearing Act II 1:15 Somi (31 Mar 2017) lead vocals
  26. They’re Like Ghosts 5:28 Somi (31 Mar 2017) lead vocals

Produced

  1. When Rivers Cry 4:28 Somi feat. Common (2014)
  2. Four.One.Nine 3:32 Somi (2014)
  3. Still Your Girl 4:47 Somi (2014)
  4. Akobi: First Born S(u)n 4:07 Somi (2014)
  5. Lady Revisited 3:55 Somi feat. Angélique Kidjo (2014)
  6. Ginger Me Slowly 4:04 Somi (2014)
  7. The Story of Monkey 0:53 Somi (2014)
  8. Four African Women 6:36 Somi (2014)
  9. Shine Your Eye 3:23 Somi (2014)
  10. Two-Dollar Day 5:51 Somi (2014)
  11. Ankara Sundays 5:18 Somi (2014)
  12. Brown Round things 4:30 Somi (2014)
  13. Love Juju #2 4:21 Somi (2014)
  14. Love Juju #1 3:22 Somi (2014)
  15. Love Nwantinti 2:11 Somi feat. In His Image (2014)
  16. First Kiss: Eko Oni Baje 1:25 Somi (2014)
  17. Hearts & Swag 1:17 Somi (2014)
  18. Alien 5:15 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive
  19. Like Dakar 4:55 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive
  20. BLUE 4:29 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive
  21. They’re Like Ghosts 5:28 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive
  22. Go Back to Your Country (interlude) 1:10 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive
  23. Holy Room 5:05 Somi (31 Mar 2017) executive

Recording Engineer For

  1. Hearts & Swag 1:17 Somi (2014)

Credited as (15)

  1. Somi
  2. Somi feat. Angélique Kidjo
  3. Somi feat. Common
  4. Somi feat. In His Image
  5. Somi feat. Aloe Blacc
  6. Krukid feat. Somi
  7. Somi, Michael Olatuja & Uko Ini‐obong
  8. Somi feat. Seun Kuti & Thandiswa Mazwai
  9. Somi feat. Gregory Porter
  10. Somi feat. Msaki
  11. Somi feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  12. Somi feat. Nduduzo Makhathini
  13. Terri Lyne Carrington, Melanie Charles, Somi & Nêgah Santos
  14. Melanie Charles, Somi, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nêgah Santos, Matthew Stevens
  15. The Idan Raichel Project feat. Somi

Works (30)

Wrote

  1. Disappearing Act I
  2. Alien
  3. Black Enough
  4. The Wild One
  5. They're Like Ghosts
  6. The Gentry
  7. Kadiatou the Beautiful
  8. Holy Room
  9. Disappearing Act II
  10. Let Me
  11. BLUE
  12. Go Back to Your Country (Interlude)
  13. Like Dakar
  14. Midnight Angels

Composed

  1. Love Nwantinti

Lyrics

  1. First Kiss: Eko Oni Baje
  2. Love Juju #1
  3. Lady Revisited
  4. Ankara Sundays
  5. Ginger Me Slowly
  6. When Rivers Cry
  7. Brown Round things
  8. Akobi: First Born S(u)n
  9. Two-Dollar Day
  10. Still Your Girl
  11. Four.One.Nine
  12. Four African Women
  13. Love Juju #2
  14. Last Song
  15. Shine Your Eye

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. SXSW 2010, day 2: Momo's time

Links (16)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.somimusic.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/somi

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Somi

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/4169419

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000268285

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7560413

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UYqtBD79GpmqjttbzV6iA
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/77576882

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/218606475

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/218606475

Blogs

  1. https://somimusic.wordpress.com/

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/somimusic
  2. https://www.instagram.com/somimusic/
  3. https://www.facebook.com/somimusic

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/somimusic

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1QUw4lJGEAntipUZCA3vA