"STAV. definitely stands out from the crowd" 

- Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV), 2018

Greg Holland photography

Isaac Gunnoo (double bass and backing vocals)

Introspective and playful, multilingual singer-songwriter STAV. continues her story of migration with soaring melodies and bursts of rhythmic fire. An expressive voice playing as one instrument with her guitar, she has a compelling ability to tell a story in song in English, Hebrew and French. She was born in Israel, grew up in a small town in Australia and is now based in Melbourne city. Blurring the lines between singing and spoken word, STAV. is totally at home on stage, solo and with her band.

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Her debut album 'The Horizon Line' (2016) is a bold and heartfelt coming-of-age concept album about finding permission to speak between worlds.

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Her recent single 'Weakening, Awakening' was premiered on Triple J in 2018 and her newest single 'Poison Remedy' was reviewed by HappyMag as "truly unique and captivating". The project toured Canada for the month of February, including the Folk Alliance International conference represented by Sounds Australia and is performing at Woodford, Port Fairy, The Blue Mountains and The National Folk Festival this year.

Past events - the journey

2019:

• Nexus Arts, Adelaide, June 1

• National Folk Festival, Canberra 18-22 April

• Poison Remedy tour 8-24 March (PFFF, BMMF, Armidale, Bellingen, Newcastle, Wollongong, Candelo)

• Blue Mountains Music Festival 15-17 March

• Port Fairy Folk Festival 8-11 March

• Canada tour 1-27 February (Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, West Coast BC, Folk Alliance International)

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2018:

• Woodford Folk Festival 2018/19

• Interview with The Pin about culture, identity and music (http://www.thepin.org/meet/stav-shaul)

• Poison Remedy single launch at the Toff in Town with Niine and Aarti Jadu

• Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival

• Europe/Israel tour - new sister-brother project 'Stav and Dudi' 

• Triple J premiere of single 'Weakening, Awakening' on Roots N All

• selected for The Push Songs: one-on-one sessions with Cash Savage, Harry James Angus, Olivia Hally and Charles Jenkins.

• Winner of the Folk Alliance 'Young Artist of the Year' award

• National Folk Festival, Canberra

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2016-2017:

• East-Coast 'Album Launch' tour with the band from Melbourne to the Bello Winter Music Festival 

• Solo tour in Barcelona and France with special guests

• Ongoing collaboration with double bassist Isaac Gunnoo (The Bean Project, ISM ensemble)

• Shows with Ollie McGill (The Cat Empire)

• Debut 'Single Launch' residency, 5 weeks at the Grace Darling

• Completed a BA (Languages) in French & Spanish at Monash University. 

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2013

• Foundation Music Course in Jazz and Improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)

2011 - present

•  Ethno Australia, an annual intensive 10-day international cultural exchange through music in which 20-30 participants learn and teach folk music from their cultures, followed by festival performances (Bello Winter Music Festival 2018, Mullum Music Festival 2017, Woodford Folk Festival 2011-2016, Croatia 2014, Slovenia 2012)

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Jack Fenby photography

Maddison Carter (drums)

Ross Green photography

Peter Cahill photography

Featured on The Horizon Line album

(L-R): Isaac Gunnoo (double bass), Jared Becker (saxophone), Stav Shaul (guitar and lead vocals), Hannes Lackmann (drums), Esther Henderson (violin & BVs)

Peter Cahill photography

Spyglass photography

Ross Green photography

Tom Riley photography

Isaac Gunnoo (double bass)

Marek Knappe (Radio 4EB)

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"Contemporary folk brilliance... simultaneously familiar and fresh; a truly unique and captivating brand of folk music." HappyMag