Janie Bay

janie bay is a female, alternative rock artist and songwriter from cape town, south africa, with a very strong and unique voice and sound and delivers an emotional and diverse performance which captures her audience instantly. janie (born jana carina cilliers in cape town, south africa) has been performing since the tender age of 12. when she was younger, she used to climb up on the stage after her big brother's school plays and she would sing and perform to parents and guests. her parents encouraged her to start developing her voice and at age 13, she started singing at competitions, often winning or making the semi-finals and performed at various shows and events, restaurants, clubs, pubs, and often performed with the popular local cover band, strawberry blue, at quay four at the v&a waterfront and around cape town. at age 15, she started a band with her brother and his friends called "third gear" and they played a couple of shows together and did a music video with a 3rd ye