Somi - Red Soil In My Eyes (2007)
Somi - Red Soil In My Eyes (2007)
Jazz, Neo Soul, World | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 62 min | 146 MB
Label: World Village | Rel: 2007
Jazz, Neo Soul, World | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 62 min | 146 MB
Label: World Village | Rel: 2007
Red Soil in My Eyes is all elegance and awe, and attempting to reduce Somi's pan-globalism and command of her artistic environment to a single genre or purpose would be a fruitless endeavor. She skates easily between worlds, touching on both smooth and raucous neo-soul, nuanced jazz expression and more than a dollop of East African tradition until something else all together emerges. She sings of nature and of love, life, freedom and faith without forcing distinctions between them. And one gets the impression that she arrives at that juncture effortlessly: many layers unfold throughout these multilingual, genre-busting, continually revealing songs, but the voice itself, wherever it may head, never lets go of its grip.
Tracklist:
01. Ingele
02. My Mother's Daughter
03. Day By Day
04. Circles
05. Red Soil In My Eyes
06. African Lady (The Anti-Domestic Violence Anthem)
07. Quietly
08. Losing You
09. Mbabazi
10. Natural