This Kolkata-born girl sings Bulgarian folk songs, world music and classic jazz internationally, and Bollywood songs (Paas Aaya Kyun from Aggar) in Mumbai. Sharmistha Chatterjee also fronts Pakistani group Mekaal Hasan Band with whom she performed at Coke Studio Pakistan in 2015. In fact, she’s the first Indian singer to do so.

Back this month from an extensive tour of North America with Mekaal Hasan Band, she feels privileged to have performed at the five-stage Hillside summer festival in Guelph. "We ferried to an island which was the venue," she says. "I fell ill in Denver because of the cold, and the band took care of me while I lay sick in bed," she says.