Moksha Sommer

Moksha Sommer is a full-time artist working across music performance and composition, interdisciplinary media, performance art, and feminist theory. They hold an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal, both received with Great Distinction.

For over a decade, Sommer has performed as a vocalist and musician across numerous styles and languages. Their primary project is HuDost, an electric-folk and global-groove ensemble that functions as a duo with core musician Jemal Wade Hines and expands as a full band incorporating varied musicians, performance art, and dance. HuDost's latest album reached #4 on the Canadian National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart and #9 on the US Folk Radio Charts.

Sommer has opened for and collaborated with notable artists including Ani DiFranco, Philip Glass, Jon Anderson, Joan Osborne, and Snatam Kaur. They composed the score for "This Holding," released through OZ Arts, and have received multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Kentucky Women's Foundation.