Somi Presents: Mother Africa Salon
About This Event
Somi Presents: Mother Africa Salon is presented at Dizzy's Club under Somi's presenting banner. The program draws on her Rwandan and Ugandan roots and on a practice that moves between jazz, theater and East African storytelling; Somi, a Grammy‑nominated vocalist whose career includes a landmark jazz‑category nomination as an African woman, frames songs with narrative clarity.
About The Mother Africa Salon
“The Mother Africa Salon” arrives at Dizzy’s Club as a live jazz-centered gathering led by vocalist and curator Somi under her Somi Presents banner. The salon frames music as a conversation across the African diaspora, with songs and spoken context used to trace memory, migration, and contemporary identity. In New York, a city shaped by African and Caribbean communities, that premise lands with local weight even without a stated premiere history. One clear strength is its emphasis on listening as a cultural practice, not just entertainment.
About the Artist
Somi Presents
Somi Presents is the presenting banner for vocalist, songwriter, and actress Somi (Laura Kabasomi Kakoma), whose work moves between jazz, theater, and East African storytelling. In New York City, the series appears at Dizzy’s Club with programs such as *Somi Presents: The Mother Africa Salon*, drawing on her Rwandan and Ugandan roots alongside her stage practice.