Pre-Order: Somi - Zenzile: the Reimagination of Miriam Makeba [LP]
Pre-Order: Somi - Zenzile: the Reimagination of Miriam Makeba [LP]
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Somi's""superblyplayed, beautifullyexecutedandexquisitelyproduced""(Jazzwise)tributetoMiriamMakeba, the""FirstLadyofAfricanSong"", isfinallyavailableondoublevinyl. SomiKakomaisaGrammynominatedUS-basedsinger, songwriter, playwrightandactorofRwandanandUgandandescent. Heracclaimed2022album, 'Zenzile-TheReimaginationOfMiriamMakeba', herseventhoverall, isacelebrationoftheinvaluablemusicalcontributionsandmessagesofsocialjusticemadebythe'firstladyofAfricansong'andfeaturesSomi'sinterpretationsofsomeofMakeba'sbestknownrecordings. Abrandnew (andnewlymastered)double-vinylformatofthealbumisbeingfinallymadeavailableexactlyoneyearaftertheoriginalCDanddigitalreleaseonwhatwouldhavebeenMakeba's90thbirthday (4thMarch2022)-thevinyl releaseiscoincidingwithaconcertatFaschinginStockholmonMarch7andaLondonshowatRonnieScott'sonMarch12. ""Supplejazzsingingandcompassionatesocialconsciousness: they'rebothseriousandseductive. ""-TheNewYorkTimes
Tracklist:
- Umhome
- House of the Rising Sun
- Milele feat. Seun Kuti ; Thandiswa Mazwai
- Hapo Zamani
- Love Tastes Like Strawberries feat. Gregory Porter Khuluma feat. Msaki
- Pata Pata
- A Piece of Ground
- Kwedini
- Lakutshon’ilanga
- Olili
- Mbombela
- Jike’lemaweni feat. Angelique Kidjo
- Nonqonqo feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Malaika
- Ring Bell, Ring Bell
- Mabhongo feat. Nduduzo Makhathini
UPC: 885150705889
Label: Spv
Release Date: 9.11.26
Format: Vinyl
