years_active label article_title name background birth_date genre origin birth_name
2004 & ndash ; present manhattan records / emi -lrb- 2004-present -rrb- louise setara
 louise setara solo_singer 21 august 1988 pop / soul reading , berkshire , england louise smith
louise setara

louise setara -lrb- born louise smith , 21 august 1988 , reading , berkshire , england -rrb- is an english singer-songwriter .
her first album , `` still waters '' , was released by manhattan records/emi in february 2007 .
setara decided to become a singer at the age of seven , after performing at a wedding party with a member of the drifters .
when she was fifteen years old , she signed a management contract with kwame kwaten , who had worked with mick jagger and seal .
she chose the name `` setara '' , from `` sithara '' , meaning `` little star '' in punjabi .
