Somi (born Laura Kabasomi Kakoma on June 6, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated American-born singer, songwriter, and actor of Rwandan and Ugandan descent.
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Liberty Ellman
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Gretchen Parlato
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Aaron Parks
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Big Maybelle
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Ledisi
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Jazmine Sullivan
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Shawn Colvin
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Patrice Rushen
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Natalie Cole
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Etta James
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Jill Scott
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Yolanda Adams
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Lionel Loueke
guitarist
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The Manhattan Transfer
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Ike & Tina Turner
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Alison Krauss
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Camille Thurman
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Kurt Elling
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Major Lance
singer
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Patti Austin
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
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Paula Cole
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Eliane Elias
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Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Miki Howard
American singer, actress
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Shirley Horn
American singer
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The Clark Sisters
American gospel vocal group
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Karen Clark Sheard
American musician and songwriter
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Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist
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Anita Baker
American singer-songwriter
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Chrisette Michele
American musician
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Boney James
American recording artist; saxophonist, songwriter, and record producer
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Mandisa
American singer
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Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
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Tori Kelly
American singer
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Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
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Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
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Dorinda Clark-Cole
American singer
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Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Jamaican musical group; reggae family group
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Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
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Mary Wells
American pop/soul singer
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Stacey Kent
American recording artist; singer
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Elle Varner
American singer-songwriter
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Suzy Bogguss
American musician
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Regina Belle
American singer
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David Krakauer
American clarinetist
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Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Lani Hall
American musician
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Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer
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Dionne Warwick
American singer, actress and TV show host
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Maren Morris
American country singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Macy Gray
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Charlie Wilson
American singer, songwriter, record producer
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Johnny Pate
American record producer
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India.Arie
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and flautist
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Ben Tankard
American musician
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Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
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Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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John Beasley
American jazz pianist, bandleader, and producer of music in film and television
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Corinne Bailey Rae
British singer and songwriter
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Sy Smith
American singer
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Gail Davies
American singer-songwriter
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Jessie Baylin
American singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Brenda Russell
American singer-songwriter
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Fantasia Barrino
American actress and singer
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Gretchen Wilson
American country singer
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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Rodney Crowell
American musician
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Jean Carn
American singer
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Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Shelby Lynne
American singer and songwriter
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Tamia
Canadian musician and singer
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Cindy Bradley
Jazz trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet player and composer
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Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
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Lisa Stansfield
English singer, songwriter and actress (b.1966)