Performatist
    Electronic

    Deerlady (Mali Obomsawin)

    Illustration for Deerlady (Mali Obomsawin)

    Tuesday, May 12, 2026

    8:00 PM

    National Sawdust

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Mali Obomsawin performs as Deerlady, a rock-pop project that moves between indie songcraft and composed settings. At National Sawdust she presents arrangements that favor clarity and ensemble interplay, treating authorship as part of the material while drawing on her background in folk music and cultural themes. The venue’s focus on detailed, dynamic sound suits her voice-forward, compositionally minded approach.

    About the Artists

    Deerlady (Mali Obomsawin)

    Deerlady (Mali Obomsawin)

    indie electronicnative american music

    Deerlady is the rock/pop project of Mali Obomsawin, a musician and songwriter whose work moves between band energy and close-listening detail. In performance, she brings her own name and the Deerlady moniker into the same frame, treating authorship as part of the material.

    Deerlady

    Deerlady

    Deerlady is a rock-pop project led by bassist and songwriter Mali Obomsawin. The work draws on her experience moving between indie songcraft and composed settings, with arrangements that leave room for ensemble interplay and voice-forward writing.

    Mali Obomsawin

    Mali Obomsawin is a singer-songwriter and musician, recognized for her contributions to folk music and her exploration of cultural themes in her work.