Born and raised in Amsterdam to a Catholic mother and Hindu father, Joelle makes use of this mix of culture and identity in her music. In this way, her music would classify as pop with a hint of Indian sound, notably with the use of ancient Indian music instruments. The message she wants to put across is one of empowerment; being proud of your culture and heritage and she does so through her art which is extremely powerful. Joelle has recently launched an EP called ‘Ashira’ so make sure to check it out. We had the chance to ask her a few questions about her journey below :)

We first got in touch with Sarah right at the beginning of brainstorming for the Summer Series; as a friend of the C Word she was naturally someone we wanted to have do a live DJ set and she helped us close our final weekend of the series.

If you aren’t aware of Maike Valentina’s talents yet, then we are very chuffed to say we got there first to find out for ourselves. You’ll be as impressed as we were.

Introducing Erika Ascenzo, the Melbourne-based singer and songwriter who you are bound to be hearing a lot more of in the coming months.