- Family Background:
- Tessa Nuku is a proud First Nations artist who grew up on Darkinjung Country on the NSW Central Coast where she currently lives today in Ettalong Beach.
- Biography:
Some may recognise Tessa as the voice of folk act Microwave Jenny, having toured Australia, NZ, Asia, the UK and playing festivals such as Bluesfest (Byron Bay), Woodford Folk Festival (Woodford), Friendship Festival (Seoul) & The Aussie BBQ (UK). Her music has been featured on television series Gods of Wheat Street (ABC1), Redfern Now (SBS), Offspring (Network 10), Winners & Losers (Seven Network) and Underbelly Chopper (The Nine Network).
In 2020 and 2021 Tessa released her singles “Milk”, “50k Carat” and “Alone at Parties” under the name Tessa Thames and was shortlisted as a finalist in the 2021 APRA PDAs. 2024 will see her releasing a new single called “Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo”, a collaboration with 18YOMAN, Becca Hatch and Tasman Keith that arose from APRA/AMCOS’ first ever First Nations Songhubs called RESONATE. An intensive four day song writing camp aimed at bringing together writers, artists and producers to strengthen the local music industry through unique collaborative opportunities to create high quality commercial works.Tessa’s work is played on triple j, FBi radio, ABC radio and community radio nationwide with over 80,000 Spotify streams.