Born in Iran and based in the UK since 1979, Roya Arab signed with Archive to Island records in 1996, after leaving she went on to record with various artists including Grooverider , Mike Figgis ,and Leila. Roya returned to writing and performing songs after a decade’s absence studying archaeology. Reunited with music, Its back to piano and guitar for writing songs ; in her performance in our festival she accompanied by Nick Haward on double bass and guest Hamid Navim on santour.