The love of music, the feelings it conveys & it's ability to heal - these are just some of the ingredients of the musical birth of Maria Bentley. Born in West Africa, first her love of art and music were heavily influenced at an early age by world artists such as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Angelique Kidjo & Sade Adu.

Her form of musical expression, started out as just thoughts written down on paper. As her love for sound & harmonies grew, she wrote music solely for herself, often times as a way of...