Nairobi-born, Adelaide-based singer, rapper and producer Elsy Wameyo has announced an Australian 'Nilotic' EP tour with her seven-piece band.
Elsy Wameyo today announced she will tour the country, performing live with her seven-piece band in celebration of her recently released debut EP, Nilotic out now via Music in Exile.
The national headline tour will mark the first time for many fans to hear Wameyo’s songs in their entirety on stage. On Friday, August 5, she performs in her hometown Adelaide’s The Lab. The following evening on Saturday, August 6, Northside Records will host a free live show from their store in Melbourne. Next, she heads to the Top End, performing at Darwin Festival on Friday, August 19, before finally performing two sets from Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park on Thursday September 15. Tickets will be made available via ballot released on Wednesday June 29.
Elsy Wameyo tour dates and locations
- Friday, August 5 – The Lab, Adelaide
- Saturday, August 6 – Northside Records, Melbourne – Free
- Friday, August 19 – Darwin Festival, Darwin
- Thursday, September 15 – Phoenix Central Park, Sydney
Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.
Self-producing her own work and exploring new production techniques has led Wameyo to a fusion of gospel and traditional sacred sounds alongside contemporary hip-hop and R&B influences. In her live show that features poetic verses, Wameyo conducts a full live band.
Hailing from the Nilotic tribes of Kenya, and informed by an Adelaide upbringing and singing in church choirs from an early age, Wameyo’s EP poses questions to heritage and the equity of societal structures as she unravels her self-identity across six self-produced tracks. Singles ‘River Nile’ and the eponymous ‘Nilotic‘ are now sitting on over 250,000 collective online streams since release.
Wameyo has shared stages with Printz Board, Maségo, Sampa the Great, Genesis Owusu, Ruel and Adrian Eagle and has racked up festival appearances at Groovin’ The Moo, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, and her hometown Adelaide’s WOMAD and SANAA festivals. Most recently, she took her seven-piece band to Strawberry Fields, followed by a VIVID LIVE show alongside Mo’Ju and two special debut appearances at Dark Mofo. She’ll be rounding out the year with performances at Falls Festival and Lost Paradise.
From years spent honing her self-taught talents, Wameyo will now share her debut EP, Nilotic as a live rendition this August and September. You can stream Nilotic via Music in Exile now.
Ticket info here.