Courtney Melba Barnett was born on 3 November 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales,
and is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Growing up in Sydney’s
Northern Beaches and later Hobart, she attended St Michael’s Collegiate School
and the Tasmanian School of Art, while working as a pizza delivery driver and
playing in local bands such as Rapid Transit and The Olivettes. Her breakthrough
came with the self‑released EP I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris in 2012,
followed by the compilation The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas in 2013, which
brought international attention and...