The Dock is delighted to welcome musician, composer and carpenter Zoé Basha as a 2024 Studio Artist. During her residency, she will be releasing an EP of traditional songs and recording her debut solo album.
Zoé Basha is a Leitrim-based musician and composer, blending traditional Appalachian, Occitan and Irish singing with blues and jazz. After growing up between the U.S. and France, she trained as a vocalist at Berklee College of Music focusing primarily on blues and jazz. Zoé moved to Ireland in 2012 and fell into traditional singing in Dublin. In a milieu blending political dissent, feminism, queer theory and traditional music, she made her home.
From 2019 to 2023, Zoé was a member of vocal trio Rufous Nightjar. After receiving the Leitrim Artist Bursary in 2022, she focused on her own compositions, development of traditional songs, and exploring new collaborations with musicians Anna Mullarkey, Ultan O’Brien, Erin Hennessey, and Hannah Hiemstra. In 2023, as part of traditional singing festival Féile Róise Rua, she was commissioned to compose an arrangement of a traditional song recorded on Arranmore and was a featured singer at the festival.
Zoé was a Music Network RESONATE musician-in-residence 2023 at glór Arts Centre with her full band. And in early 2024, she undertook a collaborative development residency, followed by an Irish tour, with traditional Occitan musician, Aina Tulier.