Zola Jesus, aka Nika, is an American-born singer, songwriter, and producer known for her powerful performances and unique sound. She will embark on an upcoming solo piano tour across the U.S., showcasing her remarkable artistry in an intimate setting. Since 2008, she has released two EPs and seven full-length albums, primarily on the multi-decade tastemaker label Sacred Bones.

Nika began training as an opera singer at the age of 10. She dismantled that training to deliver her breakthrough lo-fi record The Spoils in 2009, most of which she recorded as an undergrad in her dorm room at UW Madison. With the release of her follow-up EP, Stridulum, NME declared her “goth’s new figurehead.” A few years later, The LA Times described her as “a focused, serious creator with a solid aesthetic, breathtaking musical vocabulary, and a confident vision.” Both publications turned out to be right. Her unmissable voice cuts through the fascia of reality.

In the last fifteen years, Nika has created a catalog of music that shall forever remain in the lexicon of alternative music of the 21st century. She will be in the textbooks as a genre-defining artist of this generation, serving as a template for modern goth and, by proxy, much of SoundCloud rap, among other things. She has already collaborated with David Lynch, Dean Hurley, David Byrne, Jean Claude Vannier, Johnny Jewel, Run the Jewels, JG Thirlwell, The Orbital, Flood, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, and Jim Jarmusch. She has appeared on Jools Holland, Conan O’Brien with El-P, graced the cover of The Fader, and was recently featured in Architectural Digest for her self-designed home in the woods of northern Wisconsin.