Shingai Shoniwa

Shingai Shoniwa – Noisettes

Shoniwa is the vocalist for the rock band the Noisettes and was born to parents who emigrated from Zimbabwe. She studied at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon. It was there she met Dan Smith, with whom she went on to form the Noisettes. Shoniwa has been dubbed “the living, breathing manifestation of the rock & roll spirit” by Rolling Stone magazine. She has worked with Annie Lennox and sang alongside Madonna, Gladys Knight and Celine Dion on the track AIDS awareness track, Sing. Shoniwa has raised funds for many charitable concerns, performing with Dizzee Rascal at a sell out charity concert at the Albert Hall. She joined Amnesty International’s Make Some Noise, raising awareness of the conflict in Darfur.