Ep 227 -- Robbi Hall Kumalo: Finding Your Voice When Life Changes

Robbi Hall Kumalo, also presented as MS rŌbi and MS rŌbi K, is a Portland-based vocalist, composer, storyteller, teaching artist, memoirist, and podcaster. Her official biography lists work alongside Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Jewel, Harry Belafonte, and Mary J. Blige. She identifies 2014 as the year of her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and describes continuing to create through music, writing, film, and podcasting.Source: https://www.robbikumalo.com/about-ms-robi

She is a credited vocalist on All One Tribe by 1 Tribe Collective. The Recording Academy confirms that the album was nominated for Best Children’s Music Album at the 2022 Grammys. Use that specific credit rather than suggesting an individual solo nomination.Sources: https://www.robbikumalo.com/about-ms-robi ; https://www.grammy.com/artists/1-tribe-collective/38627/

The Children’s Music Network identifies her African-American and Choctaw/Cherokee roots and Bahá’í faith as influences on her work. Her children’s recordings include Keep the Beat and Music Makes Me Happy.

Sources: https://www.cmnonline.org/Robbi-Kumalo-Bio ; https://robbikumalo.com/music

Sources: https://www.amazon.com/Married-Rockstar-Musical-Blessings-Healing/dp/B0FVTMPRZM ; https://www.robbikumalo.com/epk

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