Soul and R&B singer Deva Mahal. Born and raised in Kauaʻi, Hawaii, when Deva Mahal arrived in Aotearoa in the early 2000s, she quickly became part of a generation of local musicians who used their love of music to ascend from the underground into our country’s mainstream consciousness.
Her 2026 single Someone’s Daughter, co-written with Chris Wethey was a APRA Silver Scroll Award Top 5 nomination.