Keya Frankline

Somi on African Women in Jazz, Grammy Nomination and Spotify’s EQUAL August Cover

Keya FranklineAugust 11, 2026August 12, 202607 mins

Somi became the first African woman nominated in a Grammy jazz category when her live album Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper received a Best Jazz Vocal Album nomination in 2021. She also became the first Rwandan /Ugandan to receive a Grammy nomination. Now, Spotify has named Somi its EQUAL Africa Artist for August…

Finale: Inside East Africa’s Most-Viewed Song of 2026

Keya FranklineAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026012 mins

Few songs have united East African audiences in 2026 quite like Finale. The collaboration between Kenya’s Bien and Tanzania’s Alikiba has become more than a commercial success – it has emerged as the region’s most-watched music video released this year, underlining the growing appeal of cross-border collaborations within East Africa’s music industry. Bien and Alikiba…

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