Khamari – To Dry a Tear: Part II

In order to add tickets to your cart, select the section in which you would like to purchase in. Doors: 7PM Show: 8PM Living in his own world has served soulful singer-songwriter Khamari well. Since picking up the violin at four years old, he spent his childhood determined to craft his own sound and his own voice. He was gifted a keyboard by his jazz-obsessed grandfather and began classical training in the piano, clarinet, flute, French horn, and guitar. He didn’t even seek out contemporary music by his newer influences like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole until he had dropped out of college, instead focusing on his own work. Khamari spent a semester at the prestigious Berklee College of Music before deciding to branch out on his own as an artist, honing his own calming, visceral R&B with nods to old soul and alt-rock. He independently released his first EP, Eldorado to acclaim in 2020, then, in 2023 came his major label debut, A Brief Nirvana. Its standouts “Doctor, My Eyes” and “These Four Walls” have powerfully earned nearly 50 million streams combined on Spotify alone. Written in the isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic’s early days, the pained vulnerability and weathered optimism of A Brief Nirvana still resonates with scores of fans. While he supported the album with some of his first live performances on an intimate, sold-out tour, listeners would show him tattoos inspired by his music and tell him stories of how it helped them cope.