Asha Ari

Asha Ari is a singer-songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. She is half Ghanaian, half Irish, and grew up in Blanchardstown. She performed twice last year in the Irish Embassy in London, appeared on The Late Late with Niamh Kavanagh and performed at Trafalgar Square for St Patrick's day last year which had 50,000 there. She recently did a mini Irish tour including supporting the critically acclaimed Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Her final stop was Forest Fest, where she performed her tracks with a six piece band. Anyone who has seen Asha Ari live has said the same thing, that she has great energy and connects with the crowd.

Asha’s music combines elements of Pop, Soul, and R&B to create uniquely catchy and relatable songs. She has been actively performing in the Dublin music scene since her teens, and has released many singles and an EP entitled ‘Freedom’, and impactful music videos. She is a big fan of mixing genres as done with her single 'God's Hands' with Aziz Ozouss, which was on the Rte Recommend list and has presenters saying the track is fresh, special and a wonderful fusion of styles and of Moroccan and Irish music. Her single Addicted to your Love was Track of the Week on Today fm and her releases are played widely on Ireland's biggest radio stations such as RTE and Spin 1038.

One of her latest releases, ‘What Am I’ has critics saying that “Asha puts her own spin on R&B. She has a vision you don’t often see” and “Asha Ari’s new single What Am I is a shining example of the kind of easy going alternative R&B that’s making waves throughout the music scene.” She recently released her single ‘Stuck in This Feeling’ which has people saying this is a side to her that they have never seen before. With the stripped back instrumentation and the big vocals the song is filled with raw emotions stemming from breaking through a cycle of feeling ‘stuck’.

Asha Ari’s songwriting inspirations stem from growing up bi-racial, self-love, believing in yourself, mental health, spreading positivity and being true to oneself. On April 14th she did her headline show in Whelan’s which was a full house.She healdlined the Pav for Cork Jazz Festival on October 27th. She just successfully ran her 3rd showcase in The Draíocht on March 21st 'Blanchardstown Resonance III’ to highlight the musical talent in Blanchardstown/D15 and got to speak about it on FM104 'Select Irish'. She was featured on Songs of Ireland on RTE where she performed and put her own twist on Raglan Road alongside Mike Hanrahan and Pat Short.