Yemi Sol in a burnt-orange dress in a field of tall grass outside Houston at sunset

Afro-R&B · Houston, Texas

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Choir harmonies, Afrobeat drums and slow-burning R&B from Alief. The new single is out now, the summer tour is on sale, and the band plays your wedding.

Honey Hourthe new single · 3:58

The Honey Hour Tour Summer ’27

Jun 10Austin, TXTickets
Jun 12New Orleans, LAFew left
Jun 15Atlanta, GATickets

All eleven dates →

The new single · out October 24, 2026

Honey Hour

“Don’t call me at noon, I’m nobody at noon.
Call me when the light goes gold on Bellaire.”

0:00 / 3:58

Written by Yemi Sol and Tobi Okafor · produced by Tobi Okafor · horns by Kwame Asante · recorded in Montrose, Houston

Spotify
Apple Music
Tidal
YouTube
Bandcamp

The catalog

Yemi SolHoney Hour

Single · 2026

Honey Hour

The slow one about a love that only makes sense at 7:40 in July.
Yemi SolAlief

EP · 2024 · 6 songs

Alief

Named for the neighborhood. Choir harmonies, Afrobeat drums, her mother on the last track.
Yemi SolSunday in Third Ward

Single · 2023

Sunday in Third Ward

Recorded live on a porch on Holman Street. You can hear the train.
Yemi SolSlow Burn

Feature · 2022

Slow Burn

Her hook on a Houston producer’s record that went further than anyone planned.

The Honey Hour Tour

Eleven nights, summer 2027, with the full band. Every show starts at sunset, or as close as the venue lets us. Newsletter presale a week early.

Jun 5Houston, TXThe Magnolia Room · hometown show Sold out
Jun 6Houston, TXThe Magnolia Room · second night added Few left
Jun 10Austin, TXJuniper Hall Tickets
Jun 12New Orleans, LAMarigny Social Club Few left
Jun 15Atlanta, GAThe Gold Line Tickets
Jun 19Washington, DCHalcyon Hall Tickets
Jun 21Philadelphia, PAKestrel Theater Tickets
Jun 24Brooklyn, NYSable Room Sold out
Jun 28Chicago, ILLakeshore Ballroom Tickets
Jul 2Oakland, CAFox & Fig Tickets
Jul 4Los Angeles, CASundown Fest · main stage at 7:40 pm Festival

Live with the Golden Hour band

Book Yemi for your festival, party or wedding.

Five years singing other people’s weddings with a cover band taught Yemi how a room moves: when to bring the floor up, when to let a toast breathe. Now she brings her own band and her own songs, and still plays the ones your aunties want.

Festivals & concertsFrom $12,000

Yemi and the full seven-piece band for a 60 to 90 minute set. Our own in-ear mixes and a monitor engineer; you provide the stage and the PA.
- Full band, 7 on stage
- 60 to 90 minute set
- Tech rider and stage plot on request
WeddingsFrom $8,500

Ceremony to last dance. Yemi sings you down the aisle, the trio plays cocktail hour, and the full band plays two reception sets. Your first dance learned and arranged for the band.
- Ceremony, cocktails and reception
- Your first dance, arranged
- Sound and dance-floor lights included
Private eventsFrom $4,500

Birthdays, rooftops, launches and galas. Yemi with a trio (keys, bass, drums) or the full band, two 45 minute sets, a playlist between them.
- Trio or full band
- Two 45 minute sets
- Indoors, outdoors, any Texas weather

Features: a verse or hook on your record, from $1,500, recorded in Houston and sent as stems. A second first-dance song, $500. Travel outside the Houston area is on the quote.

The Golden Hour

Six players who have been with Yemi since the Alief EP. They rehearse every Tuesday in a warehouse in East Downtown and can play three hours without a setlist.

Tobi OkaforKeys & musical director
Dre WhitfieldBass
Isaiah MorenoDrums
Kwame AsanteSaxophone & flute
Nia BelloVocals
Marisol TreviñoVocals & percussion

Story

Born at sunset, raised in Alief.

Yemi was born on a July evening in southwest Houston, a few minutes before the sun went down, and her mother has called her omo oorun, child of the sun, ever since. When she needed a stage name, Sol was already there.

She grew up between her parents’ Nigerian records and the choir loft at her aunt’s church on Bissonnet, where she was the youngest alto by eight years. She studied jazz voice downtown, then spent five years singing at other people’s weddings with a cover band, learning every first dance there is.

In 2024 she put out Alief, six songs with choir harmonies over Afrobeat drums and her mother speaking Yoruba on the last track. It sold out the Magnolia Room twice. Honey Hour is the first single from the album she’s finishing now, and the summer tour is the first time the whole band goes on the road.

Yemi

The choir loft of an old Houston church in warm afternoon light — The choir loft on Bissonnet, where it started

A Third Ward street of shotgun houses at sunset, downtown Houston in the distance — Third Ward at 7:40 pm, her favorite time in Houston

Nights

Sundown FestLos Angeles · last July
Recording Honey HourMontrose · February
Before the hometown showHouston · December
The Golden Hour bandFourth Ward · the album release
A rooftop birthdayDowntown Houston · May
A wedding on a ranchWimberley · October

What people say

“Yemi Sol sings like the last warm hour of the day, and she knows exactly how long it lasts.”
Gulf Coast Sound · on Honey Hour
“The best live band in Houston right now is also the best wedding band in Texas. Both of those can be true.”
Third Coast Weekly · live review
“She learned our first dance in a week and made my father cry before the second chorus.”
Adaeze & Marcus · married in Wimberley
“Booked her for 3,000 people at sunset. The whole field went quiet for “Alief”.”
Sundown Fest · the booker

Home

Third Ward, Houston.

On the last Sunday of every month, Yemi and the trio play Sunday Sol, a listening session in a small room in Third Ward. Doors at sunset, new songs first, a pot of jollof for whoever stays to the end.

The band is based here and plays weddings and events across Texas, from Galveston to the Hill Country, and anywhere else you can fly us.

**Sunday Sol, Third Ward** Last Sunday of the month, doors at sunset Open the map

Questions

How far ahead should we book?

Spring and fall Saturdays in Texas go nine to twelve months out. Festival season fills by March. Weeknights and Sundays are often open a month ahead, so ask.

Can you learn our first dance song?

Yes, one song is included with every wedding, arranged for the band. A second is $500. Tell us in the booking and Tobi will send you a voice memo of the arrangement before the day.

How much room does the band need?

The full band needs about 20 by 12 feet and two 20-amp circuits. The trio fits in 12 by 8 and plays happily in a corner of a rooftop.

Do you bring sound and lights?

For weddings and private events, yes: a full PA, wireless mics for toasts and simple warm dance-floor lights. For festivals we bring our in-ear rig and send a tech rider; the stage brings the PA.

Do you travel outside Houston?

All the time. Anywhere in Texas is a travel fee on the quote; beyond Texas we add flights and rooms for the band. Destination weddings are a joy, ask us.

What does the deposit cover?

The deposit holds the date and comes off your total. The rest is due a week before the event. If you move your date, the deposit moves with you once within a year.

Hold your date with the band.

Pick what you’re planning and the day. $1,000 holds a band date ($500 for a feature) and comes off the total. Tobi, the band’s musical director, texts you within a day to plan the music.

Festivals & concertsfrom $12,000
Weddingsfrom $8,500
Private eventsfrom $4,500
A featurefrom $1,500

1Service
2Date
3Details

What are you planning?

Wedding with the full bandCeremony, cocktail trio, two reception sets From $8,500 Private eventTrio or full band, two 45 minute sets From $4,500 Festival or concertThe seven-piece, 60 to 90 minutes From $12,000 A feature on your recordA verse or hook, stems in two weeks From $1,500

YemiSl

Honey Hour

The catalog

Honey Hour

Alief

Sunday in Third Ward

Slow Burn

The Honey Hour Tour

Book Yemi for your festival, party or wedding.

The Golden Hour

Born at sunset, raised in Alief.

Nights

What people say

Third Ward, Houston.

Questions

Hold your date with the band.