“Tracy Chapman was the reason I started playing guitar,” says Kenyan-born US singer-songwriter Naomi Wachira. “I was enamored with this black woman who was not singing R&B, she was just singing her own thing, and I was like “Oh! You can actually do that? You don’t have to fall into these set categories.”
Naomi hopes she can enjoy the same longevity as the legendary singer and guitarist whose 1980s catalogue still resonates across generations of music fans.
