Biography
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Mesmerising Israeli-Australian folk-pop artist STAV explores her identity across generations and womanhood. Folk Alliance Australia 'Young Artist of the Year' 2018
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Mesmerising Israeli-Australian folk-pop artist STAV. blurs the lines between singing and spoken word in a mostly Australian accent and unschooled Hebrew. Introspective and playful, her persuasive melodies explore her identity across generations and womanhood. Folk Alliance Australia 'Young Artist of the Year' 2018
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Mesmerising Israeli-Australian folk-pop artist STAV. blurs the lines between singing and spoken word in a mostly Australian accent and unschooled Hebrew. Introspective and playful, her persuasive melodies explore her identity across generations and womanhood. A small-town kid lured from NSW to the city by a scholarship to a short music course, she was then rejected from a jazz degree but inspired by the vibrant community of musicians she had met, this was the moment she took her guitar on stage and started learning in her own way.
2018 Folk Alliance Australia 'Young Artist of the Year'
National - Woodford Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival, National Folk Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass, Tablelands Folk Festival, Bello Winter
International: FAI Montreal and small venues in Canada, Spain, Portugal, France, Israel
She supported Harry James Angus (The Cat Empire) on his national Australia tour in 2022.
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Mesmerising bilingual folk-pop artist STAV. blurs the lines between singing and spoken word in a mostly Australian accent and unschooled Hebrew. Introspective and playful, her thought-provoking lyrics explore her identity across generations and womanhood.
A guitarist and singer, she performs solo and with her band, whose current members are Isaac Gunnoo on double bass and harmonies and Maddison Carter on drums.
Confronted with the task of coming to terms with her Jewish Iraqi and Polish grandparents' stories of persecution and survival, she questions the past, present and future.
A small-town kid lured from NSW to the city by a scholarship to a short music course, she was then rejected from a jazz degree but inspired by the vibrant community of musicians she had met, this was the moment she took her guitar on stage and started learning in her own way.
Since releasing her debut album 'The Horizon Line', she won the 2018 Folk Alliance Australia 'Young Artist of the Year' award and has since performed at the major folk festivals across Australia including Woodford, Port Fairy, Cygnet, Blue Mountains, The National, The Tablelands as well as in Spain, Portugal, France and Canada with official showcase performances at FAI Montreal. She was a 2020 Global Music Match Feature Artist.
Her latest song, a bedroom recording called 'Walk A Little Further,' was played on Triple J 'Roots N All' and was released with a fun community dance video, home-made in isolation with some of the people she has met on tour around the world. Live performance brings this songwriter's introspection, playfulness and raw passion to life.
She performed solo as the opening act for Harry James Angus (The Cat Empire) on his national Australia tour in 2022.
2018 Winner - Folk Alliance Australia Young Artist of the Year
(Woodford Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival, National Folk Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass, Tablelands Folk Festival, small venues in Spain, Portugal and Israel)
2019 FAI Montreal official showcase artist & one month small venues tour in Canada
2020 Folk ExChange showcase artist
2020 Global Music Match feature artist
2021 VMDO artist delegate at SXSW
2022 Supported Harry James Angus (The Cat Empire) on his national tour