Louise Setara

Louise Setara
Birth nameLouise Smith
Born (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 36)
OriginReading, Berkshire, England
GenresPop, soul
Years active2004–present
LabelsManhattan Records / EMI (2004-present)

Louise Setara (born Louise Smith, 21 August 1988 in Reading, Berkshire, England) is an English singer and songwriter. Her first album, Still Waters, was released by Manhattan Records/EMI in February 2007.

Setara decided to become a singer at the age of seven, after performing at a wedding party with a member of The Drifters. When she was fifteen years old, she signed a management contract with Kwame Kwaten, who had worked with Mick Jagger and Seal. She chose the name "Setara", from sithara, meaning "little star" in Punjabi.[1]

  1. ^ "Biography", Blue Note Europe, accessed February 23, 2008.