Emily Wurramara Announces 'NARA' Encore Album Tour, Makes ARIA History
Fresh from winning Best Adult Contemporary Album for 'NARA', Emily Wurramara is hitting the road amidst making some ARIA history.
Emily Wurramara (Credit: Jess Gleeson/Supplied)
It’s a big day for Lutruwita/Tasmania-based artist and proud Warnindhilyagwa woman Emily Wurramara, with not only the announcement of a national run of encore album tour dates, but with a little bit of ARIA history as well.
Wurramara made her ARIA history just a few weeks ago when she took out the Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Awards for her latest album, NARA. Also nominated for Best Independent Release, the record also hit #17 on the Australian Artist Albums chart, and received widespread critical acclaim in the process.
Now, ARIA have confirmed that Wurramara is the first Indigenous woman to win the Best Adult Contemporary Album award since it was introduced at the first ARIA Awards ceremony in 1987.
“I just wanted to say how honoured I am to be the first Indigenous woman to win the Adult Contemporary Award ever in ARIA history,” Wurramara said in a video shared on social media. “I'd just like to acknowledge all the elders and all the mob who came here in order for me to be here.
“NARA is a big album for me and I am so, so honoured to be receiving this nod and recognition,” she added. “Big love and thanks everyone for the support.”
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This news also comes alongside the massive announcement of her NARA album encore tour dates. Fresh off the back of tour dates across the past month, Wurramara will hit the road again in February and March, performing headline dates and festival appearances.
Alongside shows at the Treaty Day Out in Morwell, Riverboats Music Festival in Echuca, and the Perth Festival, you'll also be able to catch her at the WOMADelaide festival, Wollongong's Great Southern Nights, and both the Belco Arts Centre in Canberra, and the Workers Club in melbourne.
It’s all part of a rich tapestry of rebirth and rediscovery for Wurramara, who experienced massive highs and lows as she won numerous awards, gave birth to her daughter, lost her house in a fire, and faced mental health struggles amidst a cross-country move.
The album, whose title means ‘nothing’ in the Anindilyakwa language, is Wurramara’s first since 2018’s Milyakburra, which received an ARIA Award nomination for Best Blues & Roots Album.
Tickets to Wurramara’s upcoming tour dates are on sale now.
Emily Wurramara – NARA Album Encoure Tour
Friday, 7 February, 2025 – Workers Club, Naarm/Melbourne, VIC
Saturday, 8 February, 2025 – Treaty Day Out, Gunaikurnai Country/Morwell, VIC
Saturday, 15 February, 2025 – Riverboats Music Festival, Yorta Yorta Country/Echuca, VIC
Sunday, 16 February, 2025 – Perth Festival, Boorloo/Perth, WA
Friday, 7 – Monday, 10 March, 2025 – WOMADelaide, Tarndanya Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, SA
Friday, 21 March, 2025 – Great Southern Nights @ Music Lounge, Dharawal Country/Wollongong, NSW
Satday, 22 March, 2025 – Belco Arts Centre, Ngunnawal Country/Belconnen, ACT
This piece of content has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia and Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body
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