Grace Barbé is a Seychellois born, Australian singer-songwriter from Western Australia who also performs with the Afrobeat and psychedelic band of the same name which includes Jamie Searle (guitar, music director and producer) and Hardy Perrine (drums).
[5] Barbé sings in Creole, English, French and Malagasy and her music fuses the tropical rhythms and dances of the slaves with psychedelic rock, afrobeat, reggae and pop.
Grace Barbé was born in the Mahe, Seychelles[1] Her first experience of Australia came at the age of six, when her mother received a scholarship to study at a university in Perth.
Grace moved permanently to Australia at 16 years of age with her mother, sister and twin brothers and she commenced performing for the Seychellois community living in Perth.
[7] Grace Barbé released her debut single "Mon Arive" in 2007, which received significant airplay, reaching the number one spot on the Triple J Unearthed Roots chart.