Youn Sun Nah was born and raised in Seoul, she studied jazz and contemporary music at CIM Jazz School in Paris. In 2007, she started her collaboration with the Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius, bringing her a contract with German label ACT and world-wide fame. On her album recordings she is accompanied by Lars Danielsson and Vincent Peiran and on her latest album She Moves On, she makes a surprising shift with chosen American avant-garde crew (Jamie Saft, Brad Jones, Dan Rieser, Marc Ribot), performing great covers of the best music by Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Lou Reed, among others.