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WITCH PROPHET

  • The Queen's 34 Victoria Crescent Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5B8 Canada (map)

Got Pop? Concerts & The Queen's presents: WITCH PROPHET (Jazz/Soul/Hip-Hop) with special guests!

SHOWTIME:
Doors: 7pm, Showtime: 8pm

TICKETS:
$20 + s/c in advance, $25 at the door
On sale now online only at: www.showpass.com
Direct Link: https://www.showpass.com/witch-prophet-at-the-queens/?fbclid=IwAR2yBmbakgqTRB44ZydVs9Ol8LlNRZpSqaJLsfuirmdUUZ8NxVNPx6ZlfKI

WITCH PROPHET Biography:
Witch Prophet is a queer, Ethiopian/Eritrean, singer-songwriter, and the Co-CEO of Heart Lake Records. She provides her fans with a soundscape of vocal layers, loops, raps, and harmonies on a bed of hip-hop, jazz, and soul-inspired beats. Think Erykah Badu meets Lauryn Hill meets Portishead. She finds depth and connection in creating music as a portal for self-growth and discovery, as she navigates and better understands her cultural and queer identity.

Witch Prophet has shared the stage with and opened for acts like THEESatisfaction, Shabazz Palaces, Lido Pimienta, A Tribe Called Red, Climbing Poetree, SAMMUS, Sean Leon, JPEGMAFIA, The Cliks, Rae Spoon, Zaki Ibrahim, Kae Sun, and LAL, to name a few.

Her vocals have appeared on Shad's "Flying Colours" LP (2013), 2009's Polaris Prize winner Fucked Up's LP "Dose your Dreams" (2018), as well as DillanPonders newest album “Because We’re Alive” (2020). She has toured Europe independently twice; playing shows in Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Berlin, as well as performed at North American and European music festivals like: Black Women Rock, New Skool Rules, Soul Of Brooklyn, Allied Media Conference, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sappy Fest, Electric Eclectic, Summerworks, Ottawa Capital Pride, Pride Toronto, Pop Montreal, Halifax Pop Explosion and so many more!

In March of 2020, Witch Prophet released her Ontario Arts Council funded sophomore LP “D.N.A Activation”. An ode to her Ethiopian and Eritrean ancestral roots, fusing Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul and RnB with songs sung in English, Amharic, and Tigrinya. Co-produced by herself and her partner SUN SUN, praised by press and music lovers alike, DNA Activation was shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. She has since been signed to Ki An Projects, a new label in the UK for the release of a deluxe edition of DNA Activation. The video for her song Tesfay directed by Leah Vlemmiks was nominated for the 2021 Prism Prize and was an official selection at the 2021 SXSW Music Video awards. She was the only Canadian nominee and was alongside artists like Run The Jewels. A new video for Makda was released May 28th which debuted on FADER.

Earlier Event: July 10
SUNDAY BLUES JAM
Later Event: July 15
SKY CANDY POLE VARIETY SHOW
 

Continuing to support live music with the help of Creative BC’s grant initiatives

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