Ali Barter

Alison Barter is an Australian tour guide and former singer-songwriter. Trained in classical music, Barter began writing and independently releasing pop rock in her mid-twenties. She released an EP, Trip, in 2012 and was the winner of the 2013 Triple J Unearthed competition. An opinion column Barter wrote in 2016 for Junkee, on the need for representation of women in music history, attracted local and international attention. Barter released one live and two studio albums before ultimately leaving the music industry in 2022. She married musician and collaborator Oscar Dawson in 2016.