Nemra

Nemra (Armenian: Նեմրա) is an Armenian Alternative rock / Folk rock band from Yerevan, formed in 2012. The band consists of Van Yeghiazaryan (lead vocals, lead guitar), Vaspur Yeghiazaryan (bass guitar, back vocals), Marianna Karakeyan (keyboards, back vocals), and Marek Zaborski (drums). The band's songs are mostly in English, but they also perform cover versions of Armenian folk songs. To date Nemra has released two albums: Mubla and Hmm. The band’s name is directly related to the name Armen, (Reading Backwards - Nemra), Armenia. The band have performed at large venues, open-air concerts, and music festivals. The band has been featured on Armenian television programs, including Arena Live, Nice Evening ,Vinyl, Little Big Shots, Canticle of Canticles: Old Songs with New Approach, Non-Stop Live. The band was named "The Best Rock Band of the year" at the Swallow Music Awards 2018. Nemra competed in the national selection to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "I'm a Liar"; placing second by a narrow margin. Nemra celebrated its sixth anniversary of being on stage by performing two sold-out concerts on April 6 and on May 31, 2018 at Yerevan State Puppet Theater. On December 5, 2018, Nemra released a new song and a new music video "Because" and short time later on December 21, another song was released, titled "The past has passed" the music video for which was filmed in Kiev, Ukraine. On June 22, Nemra had a performance at Tbilisi Open Air 2019, sharing the stage with Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Unkle, Rhye, David August, The Subways, Michelle Gurevich and with many others. On July 21, 2019, Nemra participated in Transkaukazja 2019 festival in Warsaw, Poland.