KRISTUPAS FESTIVAL | BAI KAMARA JR.: WINTER BLUES

BAI KAMARA JR. (vocals, electric guitar, Belgium/Sierra Leone)

You don’t need fireworks to end the year. Sometimes an electric guitar is enough — especially when Bai Kamara Jr. picks it up. The artist, returning to Vilnius, will present several new songs from the album due out in March and delight audiences with what he is best loved for: his velvet voice, the depth of blues, the warmth of soul, and heartfelt lyrics.

“I step onto the stage without my usual band because I don’t just want to play or sing — I want to tell stories. I want to provoke, make people laugh, move them to tears, and speak sincerely about what matters to me. So this time there will be just two characters on stage — a voice and an electric guitar, sensitive to every nuance,” the performer says, sharing the idea behind the show.

Bai’s songs portray a perfectly imperfect world: from the refugee crisis to, of course, love in all its forms. He weaves serious themes into wonderfully beautiful melodies that seem never to be enough.

As you end the year, so you begin the next. So on December 28: fewer sequins, more blues.

The programme features original compositions by Bai Kamara Jr.