Dance/Electronic
Sudan Archives Tickets
Events2 Results
- Current location
United States
- 5/10/24Until 5/12/24San Diego, CAEmbarcadero Park NorthWonderfront Music & Arts FestivalOn partner site
Lineup
- Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival
- Kaytranada
- J.I.D
- Weezer
- Dominic Fike
- Beck
- Mt. Joy
- T-Pain
- MK
- Joey Bada$$
- Dayglow
- Channel Tres
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Milky Chance
- Briston Maroney
- The Roots
- Marcus King
- Steel Pulse
- Bakar
- Paris Texas
- Surf Mesa
- Phony PPL
- Sudan Archives
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- BADBADNOTGOOD
- Poolside
- Natasha Bedingfield
- Fruit Bats
- Rayland Baxter
- Alice Phoebe Lou
- Abby Anderson
- Samm Henshaw
- JD Clayton
- Q
- Sun Room
- iDKHOW
- Fiji Blue
- Healy
- Allan Rayman
- Amo Amo
- Meridian
- Hailey Knox
- Action Bronson
- Polo & Pan
International
- 8/16/24Until 8/18/24Elora, ON, CABissell ParkRiverfest EloraOn partner site
Lineup
- Riverfest Elora
- Violent Femmes
- Fleet Foxes
- Josh Ross
- Wild Rivers
- Sudan Archives
- Bully
- Corb Lund
- Chali 2na
- Cut Chemist
- Treble Charger
- Moneen
- Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
- The Boo Radley Project
- Mariel Buckley
- Willi Carlisle
- The Creepshow
- Elaquent
- The Free Label
- Habit
- illScarlett
- Alex Nicol
- Nicolette & the Nobodies
- Ombiigizi
- Peter Piper
- Population II
- Quote The Raven
- Raygun Cowboys
- Sister Ray
Venue
About
Los Angeles-based violinist, singer, songwriter, and producer Sudan Archives has firmly established herself as an R&B changemaker, pushing the genre outside its traditional boundaries. The self-taught violinist approaches her definition of music in an avant-garde manner, combining R&B, hip-hop, experimental electronic, and West African fiddling styles. The result is a catchy, lush, joyful sound that transports you to a place where you can let go of the day-to-day.
Born Brittney Denise Parks in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sudan Archives grew up attending a small church three times a week, and it was there that she was first exposed to performing onstage. While Parks was a kid, the Celtic-influenced Canadian band Barrage visited her elementary school, and their violin-centric performance convinced her to learn to play the violin. She had little professional instruction and mostly learned to play by ear.
When she was 17, Parks decided to change her name, and her mother suggested Sudan. Her research into the music of Sudan led her to add "Archives." At 19, Parks moved to Los Angeles to pursue her musical career and study ethnomusicology at Pasadena City College.
In 2015, Parks' home recordings caught the attention of the record label Stones Throw, known for their affinity for far-out funk. She released her eponymous debut EP in 2017, and her second EP, Sink, followed in 2018.
Sudan Archives released her debut album Athena in 2019, and it was met with critical acclaim from media outlets including The New York Times. The Guardian also called it "some of the most viscerally gorgeous music put to record." Her second studio album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, was released in September of 2022, again to widespread acclaim.
Sudan Archives will continue to head out on tour in 2023, performing concerts and festival sets throughout the United States, Europe and Australia.
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