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ABOUT

NEAV is the alter-ego of young singer/songwriter Niamh Watson.

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Now 20, and a prolific songwriter, she is a recipient of Create Australia’s 2024 ‘Export Development Fund’ for ‘Professional and Artistic Development’. With this support, she undertook a six-week European songwriting and networking trip, connecting and collaborating with industry professionals in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and Edinburgh.

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In previous years, she took out the top prize in the Pop/Contemporary category of 'The Australian Songwriting Awards 2020' run by the Australian Songwriter's Association, received a coveted nomination for the 'APRA AMCOS/ASA Songwriter of the Year' and was the recipient of 'The Songwriting Prize 2020' a national competition run by leading music mental health charity Listen Up. She has twice been a semi-finalist in the much-coveted International Songwriting Competition (ISC), and was a recipient of funding from Create NSW to record and distribute her debut EP ‘ELEGY’ in 2022. NEAV's music has received critical acclaim from the likes of Triple J, MTV Australia and Rolling Stone.

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She has shared a stage and supported various artists including Ben Lee, Ella Hooper, Dan Sultan, Pierce Brothers, Greta Stanley and Nathan Cavaleri.

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