Garnett sisters

{{short description|Irish singer-songwriting sisters}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Loah

| birth_name = Sallay-Matu Garnett

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| nationality = Irish

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| occupation = Singer, songwriter

| website = https://www.loahmusic.com/

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{{Infobox person

| name = Fehdah

| alias = Feather

| birth_name = Emma Garnett

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| nationality = Irish

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| occupation = Singer, songwriter

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Sallay-Matu Garnett, (stage-name: Loah) and Emma Garnett (stage-name: Feather/Fehdah), are Irish singer-songwriters of Sierra Leonean descent.{{cite web |accessdate=17 June 2019 |work=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/relative-values-sisters-set-to-make-big-noise-on-the-music-scene-30721215.html |title=Relative values: Sisters set to make big noise on the music scene |date=9 November 2014 }}{{cite news |url-access= subscription |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/nialler9-s-new-irish-music-feather-weenz-zaska-and-more-1.2619352 |title=Nialler9's New Irish Music: Feather, Weenz, Zaska and more |date=21 April 2016 |first=Niall |last=Byrne |accessdate=17 June 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} They perform individually, but have contributed to each other's work. They have written in English, Sherbro and Krio. Sallay, a qualified pharmacist,{{cite web|url=https://pharmacy.tcd.ie/news/pharmacy_graduate.php|title=Pharmacy Graduate Makes it in the Music Industry|website=pharmacy.tcd.ie}} contributed to Hozier's debut album, and in 2019 played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar in the Barbican Theatre, London.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617112722/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/jesus-christ-superstar-cast-matt-cardle-afonso_48874.html |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/jesus-christ-superstar-cast-matt-cardle-afonso_48874.html |url-status=live|archive-date=17 June 2019 |date=12 April 2019 |accessdate=24 June 2019 |title=Jesus Christ Superstar Barbican cast features Matt Cardle, Ricardo Afonso, Cavin Cornwall and more |website=WhatsOnStage.com}}

In 2020, Loah was part of an Irish collective of female singers and musicians called Irish Women in Harmony, that recorded a version of Dreams in aid of the charity SafeIreland, which deals with domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown.{{cite news |last1=Bol |first1=Rosita |title=Irish Women in Harmony record Cranberries song in aid of Safe Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/irish-women-in-harmony-record-cranberries-song-in-aid-of-safe-ireland-1.4283348 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/loah-episode-366 |authorlink=Jarlath Regan |title=Loah |first=Jarlath |edition=366 |date=28 June 2020 |publisher=SoundCloud |work=An Irishman Abroad |accessdate=2020-07-20 |last=Regan}} At the end of 2020, Loah appeared as a guest on RTÉ's music programme Soundtrack to My Life with Kodaline and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (plus Jack L and presenter Nicky Byrne).{{Cite web| website = rte.ie |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1219/1185470-rte-unveils-sparkling-new-years-eve-entertainment/|title=RTÉ unveils sparkling New Year's Eve entertainment|date=December 20, 2020|via=www.rte.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2020/12/31/soundtrack-to-my-life/?genre=3354|title=SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE | RTÉ Presspack|website=presspack.rte.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/kodaline-loah-ruthanne-and-more-to-appear-on-rte-ones-soundtrack-to-my-life-22837623|title=Kodaline, Loah, RuthAnne and more to appear on RTÉ One's Soundtrack To My Life|first=Kate|last=Brayden|website=Hotpress}}{{Cite web| website = rte.ie |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1231/1187105-festive-five-tv-highlights-for-thursday-december-31/|title=Festive Five TV Highlights for New Year's Eve|first=John|last=Byrne|date=December 31, 2020|via=www.rte.ie}}

Loah also starred in the 2022 film adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel Conversations with Friends as a character called Evelyn, who is also a singer. Loah performed alongside Jemima Kirke, Joe Alwyn, and Sasha Lane.{{Cite web |website=radiotimes.com |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-fgzdt7/conversations-with-friends-season-1/?episode=b-jprzat|title=Conversations with Friends}}