Now a graduate of the New Zealand School of Music, she has an art exhibition on the go as well.
She has played in several Wellington bands, including Mara and the Bushkas alongside Trinity Roots members.
She also plays with four others in Nikita The Spooky and A Circus of Men, has joined a circus group herself and acts and sings in shows.
A highlight for her was getting one of the four main roles in Kia Ora Khalid, a production about racial discrimination. She played a Cambodian refugee from the Khmer Rouge and had a part written for her by renowned composer Gareth Farr.
Tu-Bryant often has a visual element to her music performance, but said this tour would instead feature a mini orchestra of herself and four other musicians on guitar, percussion, double bass, violin and cello.
The music will be for listening to rather than dancing to and will suit the intimate atmosphere of the Ceramic Lounge.
Her sounds are hard to put into any category, but she says they have the strongest relationship with "the recent wave of alternative folk".
"I'm really big on words and my lyrics are poetry through music. I really believe in the storytelling side of music," she said.
POHUTUKAWA
By Nikita Tu-Bryant
Thin red needles,
Being swept away,
Soft red needles,
No longer at your feet.
Time is blowing them through,
Thoughts that wander to you.
Lay the carpet,
Blowing in the breeze,
Lonely winter,
She lies naked to the sea.
