Recipient of the 2021 HelpMusiciansUK, 2020 Arts Council England, and 2017 Women Make Music funding awards from the Performing Rights Society for Music Foundation UK, Olcay Bayir is an exciting, boundary-crossing, London based Kurdish/Anatolian singer-songwriter who delivers dynamic arrangements rooted in Anatolian music tradition mixed with a cosmopolitan London attitude. Her sound is a fusion of original songs and the soul of Anatolia, with arrangements that reflect her multicultural and multilingual background, infused with modern sounds, powerful styling, and grooves.