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Pre-Order: Somi - Zenzile: the Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

Pre-Order: Somi - Zenzile: the Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

Format: Vinyl
This title is currently on preorder. Your purchase will be available for pickup or ship on Friday, September 11 2026.
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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:

  1. Umhome
  2. House of the Rising Sun
  3. Milele feat. Seun Kuti ; Thandiswa Mazwai
  4. Hapo Zamani
  5. Love Tastes Like Strawberries feat. Gregory Porter Khuluma feat. Msaki
  6. Pata Pata
  7. A Piece of Ground
  8. Kwedini
  9. Lakutshon’ilanga
  10. Olili
  11. Mbombela
  12. Jike’lemaweni feat. Angelique Kidjo
  13. Nonqonqo feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  14. Malaika
  15. Ring Bell, Ring Bell
  16. Mabhongo feat. Nduduzo Makhathini

UPC: 885150705889
Label: Spv
Release Date: 9.11.26
Format: Vinyl

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