Mei Semones heads to Newport Jazz tomorrow

Mei Semones is headed to Newport Jazz Festival tomorrow, Aug. 1, at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Her July 31 post pairs the date with a simple "see you tomorrow" and lists later New York and Princeton stops. 1

Semones is a Japanese-American songwriter whose English-and-Japanese songs move through pop, jazz, bossa nova, and indie-rock textures. 2 3

JamBase lists her on the festival's Saturday, Aug. 1 lineup; Newport Jazz runs July 31–Aug. 2 at Fort Adams State Park. 4