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When Sheyana Wijesingha was born London was swinging. Jimi Hendrix and Cream were rocking and Led Zepplin were championing an infectious mix of rock and blues. But among this mix, pop and folk were just as popular. The musical era she was born into has left a profound mark on the singer-songwriter. Sheyana moved to Tasmania from London as an eight year old and soon began making music of her own. Her own journey was preceded by her parents’ romantic meeting. Her Sri Lankan father and Tasmanian mother met on a ship bound for England, and perhaps taking inspiration from their meeting, Sheyana’s songwriting is often romantic and illustrated with images of distance, yearning and love. Her voice is dipped in blues, rock and folk and with guitarist Scott Mainwaring it soars gently above an acoustic ballad, struts confidently to Mainwaring’s impassioned guitar licks and swaggers to candid tales of love and heartbreak. With Mainwaring as a constant musical collaborator, Sheyana has carved

Tasmanian blues act The Sheyana Band have a new single called Soul Sister. The track has already won fans at community radio scoring a top 2 spot in this weeks amrap charts. Soul Sister is a remix of a track from last years Big Love album, for which they won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society’s Victorian & Tasmanian Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Act/Artist of the Year. Big Love, debuted in the Top 20 of the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Charts 2018 and No. 1 on the national "Sounds like Cafe" Playlist.. Led by captivating front-woman Sheyana Wijesingha, The Sheyana Band are receiving national and international recognition and airplay, they are favourites at major music festivals in Tasmania, and have supported iconic Australian musicians that include Hoodoo Gurus, Neil Finn, Meg Mac, Mojo Juju, Renee Geyer, Diesel, The Angels, Ian Moss and Bill Chambers. A songstress, guitarist and songwriter of Celtic/Sri Lankan heritage, Sheyana delivers soulful, passionate,