Siân Pottok

Siân Pottok is a global artist. Born in Florida to a mother with Indian and Congolese roots and a father of Slovak and Belgian descent, she grew up in Belgium, New York, and Paris, learning early on to turn borders into bridges.

Trained in the jazz clubs of Paris and later New York, she honed her voice through collaborations with musicians such as Richard Bona, Jon Batiste, and Mike Stern. For nearly ten years, she simultaneously led cultural projects with women and children facing exile, violence, or poverty in India and Southern Africa.

Her discovery of the kamélé ngoni—which she learned to play from the Malian master Abou Diarra—marked a decisive turning point: the instrument became the central thread of a musical style that blends African, jazz, folk, soul, alternative pop, and Brazilian influences.

Through collaborations with Rogê, Chico César, Fatoumata Diawara, Lokua Kanza, Flavia Coelho, and Philippe Baden Powell, Siân has built a body of work that is free-spirited and defies categorization. Like Björk, Joni Mitchell, or Laura Mvula, she forges ahead as an explorer, guided less by musical genres than by a constant desire to reinvent her own sonic landscape.

“ANIMAL”: the new album

With *Animal*, her new album produced by British producer Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist, Africa Express), Siân Pottok delivers her most intimate and assertive work to date. Here, each song feels like a transformation. The tracks explore self-acceptance, femininity, the freedom to be oneself, cultural heritage, and coming to terms with one’s own flaws.

ANIMAL will be available on November 13!