Asha Ari, who was named as Hot For 2023 this year by Hotpress, is a singer-songwriter from Dublin. She is half Ghanaian, half Irish, and grew up in Blanchardstown. She has been actively performing in the Dublin music scene since her teens, and has released many singles and an EP entitled ‘Freedom’, and impactful music videos. Asha Ari's music brings people together. Her music combines elements of Pop, Soul, and R&B to create uniquely catchy and relatable songs. Her song writing inspirations stem from growing up bi-racial, self-love, believing in yourself, spreading positivity and being true to oneself. She just sucessfully ran her first showcase Blanchardstown Resonance  in March in The Draiocht  to highlight the musical talent in Blanchardstown/D15 and got to speak about it on FM104' 'Select Irish'. She will be running it and performing at it again for this years Culture Night. In April she had successful headline show in Whelan's which had a great turn out. She was featured on Songs of Ireland on RTE One on May 4th where she performed and put her own twist on Raglan Road alongside Mike Hanrahan and Pat Short.