NatalieGrace's musical journey started with school and county orchestras, choirs and jazz bands in the day and CD's from her older siblings and soulful kitchen singalongs in the evening.  At 16 she gained a music scholarship to further her classical singing, flute and saxophone playing. Working in a record store as a teenager expanded her tastes further and it was there that she deepened a love for 70's folk and prog rock that had begun with Jethro Tull and grew to include Yes, Rush, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and Trees

Traditional songs had always been a part of life, some were passed on through family and you don't grow up going to a convent school run by Irish nuns without learning a tune or two.

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NatalieGrace was born in NewZealand and raised in Worcestershire, England. Her English family come mostly from areas around Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. She has Irish heritage as well as French and Greek Cypriot.

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She studied Music at City University, London with vocal tuition from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she learned and researched music from western history as well as being exposed to African and Iranian music, Samba and Gamelan. She also spent much time in the  recording studio working with acoustic and electric instruments and composing electroacoustic pieces.

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NatalieGrace and Steve met in 2014 bonding over a love for rock and metal bands such as Tool, Meshuggah and System of a Down. After 3 years of head banging at metal gigs and festivals they had a go at playing music together. First, it was probably a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song, Steve on guitar and NatalieGrace on bass, and that grew into entertaining family with renditions of 'Valerie' by The Zutons and 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton. Then that led to Johnny Cash, Doc Watson, Joan Baez, Jean Ritchie and countless more that make up the melting pot of influences that feeds Nastee Chapel.