Wiyaala kick-starts 2017 EUROPE TOUR
Wiyaala, the charismatic songbird from the Upper West Region of
Ghana, is back in Europe again in 2017 following her critically
acclaimed 2016 debut tour.
After performing in Berlin last week at the Deutshe-Aids Hilfe
campaign launch to eradicate AIDs in Germany by 2020, she will be
appearing at the Seven Arts Theatre in Leeds UK on the 26th
May with Claudio Kron, the Brazilian percussionist and Kenneth Higgins
III, who featured on Grammy Award winning Corinne Bailey Rae’s
multi-platinum debut album.
Tour dates confirmed so far, include the GUBA Awards at the
Intercontinental 02 and Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London, the Shambala
Festival, the Greenbelt Festival and the Freedom Festival in Hull with
further dates expected to be announced soon.
The multi-award winning Wiyaala, who is infamous for her exciting
live performances, has graced the stage with international acts such as
Grammy Award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Joss Stone as well some
of the biggest African acts including Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Davido,
Diamond Platinumz, AKA, Ahmed Soultan and Yemi Alade, is expected to
drop her sophomore album, provisionally titled “Village Sex” this year.
Besides her work as a songstress, Wiyaala is well known for
supporting young women and children’s causes in the Upper West with
Unicef Ghana and was recently honoured with the “Young and Gifted” prize
at GlitzAfrica’s Women Of The Year Awards 2017.
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