Event Concerts and Performances Live! At the Library: Somi

Date and Location

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress ; Live at the Library

The event is free, but tickets are required, and there may be special restrictions. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket.

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With a sound that blends her Rwandan and Ugandan heritage with jazz and other rhythms, Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning Somi Kakoma—the American vocalist, composer, and writer known as Somi—brings her sextet to the Library of Congress for an evening of rich musical textures. Celebrated by The New York Times as “a performer in full command of her instrument and powers”, she discovered her musical identity traversing the cultural bridge between Africa and America. That sense of discovery continues to guide a career in which she has crafted “an elegant amalgam of the music she loves and the bi-continental experiences that have shaped her life” (NPR).

There will be no pre-concert event.

Tickets available for this event starting at 10am on Wednesday, March 12th

Schedule

Program will be announced from the stage.