Sadie Mustoe, a contemporary pop-indie-folk storyteller from Melbourne delivers twisting melodies that draw audiences into a world of magical realism. The Queenscliff Music Festival’s ‘Foot-in-the-Door’ 2022 winner, Sadie, creates something organic that could be the soundtrack for any modern fantasy story; full of colour, epic sounds, violin and evocative lyrics.
After a five-month university exchange in England, Sadie released her first 2024 single ‘Power In This World’, engaging her 30K+ TikTok followers by sharing the entire recording journey as she travelled Europe. She followed this with the success of her second 2024 single, ‘I Find You Interesting’, played on Triple J Unearthed radio. ‘White Flag’, 2025, sees Sadie use her unique chords progressions on guitar, her experimental techniques on violin and enchanting voice alongside her incredible band to create something entirely unique and new.
As well as being a performer and songwriter, Sadie currently plays with Fred Smith as a fiddle player and vocalist. She is a music teacher, achieved a Bachelor of Music specialising in Interactive Composition at the University of Melbourne and has a passion for musical theatre. Recently, Sadie founded and produced ‘She Makes Noise’, a one-day music festival that spotlights the diversity of music created by women in Melbourne.
In the words of Fred Smith, Sadie is “wise and worldly, skilful and sensitive…anchored in feeling. If Sadie Mustoe is the future of folk music, I’m sticking around.”
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