T Nile with Richard Brown

Our own Tamara Nile will play live at the YH Amphitheatre on Saturday June 10, 7:30 pm!

Tamara Nile AKA T. Nile is an award-winning songwriter, creative producer and multi-instrumentalist who's musical style is as diverse as her roots. Sook-Yin-Lee has described her as "a ray of sunshine on a cold day" and according to Tom Power, she's "staggeringly good".  Nile's father was a touring sidewalk entertainer and her mother taught her how to sing when she was just a toddler. From the age of six until her teenage years, Nile accompanied Dan the Man as they toured the West Coast and Australia in a home-made RV.   Respected as a trailblazer in the Folk-Roots community, T. Nile’s fans have kept her on the road since 2006 in Western Europe, USA and Canada. She will release “Coming Back From Everything” EP in February 2023, followed by some support shows with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal and the Indigo Girls. Somewhere in there she’ll take a break to record her new album “Wild Once” with her band The Flames.

www.tnile.com

Richard Brown is a professional drummer based in Vancouver, BC. He is currently the drummer for Big Sugar, one of Canada’s most beloved bands. Richard has recorded and performed with a number of artists including Ernest Ranglin, Wanting Qu, Pee Wee Ellis, Nadine Sutherland, Luciano, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, Ivanna Santilli, Daniel Wesley, Suzie McNeil, Dave Swarbrick, Jason Wilson, Delhi 2 Dublin and many more. Richard has done multiple tours appearing in various venues and festival stages in Asia, Europe, The United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean.

Film credits include "Glitter" starring Mariah Carey, Soul Food TV Series w/ Debra Cox, CBC’s Cover Me Canada (performing with Alannah Myles, Gino Vanelli), “The Tony Braxton Story: Unbreak My Heart" (Lifetime). Richard is a featured cast member in the film The Road Forward" by Marie Clements (NFB).

When not touring Richard is in-demand for live perfomances and recording sessions in Vancouver, BC. He is also the co-creator and co-leader of acclaimed dub band Mad Riddim www.madriddim.ca. Richard also maintains a private teaching practice.

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This event is being held on the unceded, shared traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island.