Zoe Heselton & Sister Outsider

Zoe Heselton is a poet, songwriter, guitarist, and singer of British origin, based in Strasbourg. Drawing from traditional music, folk, blues, and flamenco, as well as spoken word poetry and experimental influences, her intimate and embodied music moves between vulnerability and power. Carried by a sharp yet sensitive electric guitar, her songs, sometimes melodic, sometimes dissonant, explore darkness, healing, tenderness, and rage.

Following her first studio album, Another Kind of Suicide (2025) on the Teenage Menopause Records label, for which she brought together a group she named Sister Outsider, after a poem by Audre Lorde, Zoe Heselton now performs on stage as a sextet for their new collective creation, Point of No Return, alongside Merve Salgar (tanbur), Lise Barkas (hurdy-gurdy), Quentyn Risjeterre (bells, drums), Inès Rousset (bass and vocals), and Lil Anh Chansard (vocals, electronic).

Production: Murailles Music
Co-production: Le Gueulard Plus, with the support of CNM and DRAC Grand Est

LINE-UP:

Zoe Heselton: electric guitar, vocals
Inès Rousset: bass, vocals
Merve Salgar: tanbur
Lil Anh Chansard: vocals, electronic
Lise Barkas: hurdy-gurdy
Quentyn Risjeterre: bells, drums