About Claire

Claire Tonti is a Naarm based singer, podcaster, producer and mother of two little humans, 3 and 8. She is host of the podcast TONTS. where she celebrates women’s stories - talking to writers, experts, thinkers and deeply feeling humans about their lives. 

In February 2023, Claire released her debut album Matrescence. A collection of 11 intimate indie folk songs that explore the complexities of mothering through her own story and the stories of the women she is privileged to know. Claire’s music encompasses love, loss, identity, mothering as a creative, overcoming birth trauma, breastfeeding challenges and post natal depression. She has since toured across Australia and the UK advocating for better education and understanding around perinatal mental health and Matrescence.

In 2024, Claire co-founded the first-ever Matrescence Festival UK with UK producer Lizzy Humber and recently ran Matrescence Festival Australia in 2025 with support from Creative Australia.

Claire is currently producing the documentary Matrescence: The Hidden World of M/otherhood through her production company Sheela-Na-Gig.

Co-founding company Big Sandwich Media (formerly Planet Broadcasting) in 2015, Claire began innovative work monetising and producing podcasts and YouTube content. Experienced in both audio production and with a keen eye for new ways of producing and delivering content, Claire grew her company to be one of the largest independent podcast & YouTube networks in Australia.  

Claire began her career as a primary school teacher working in a variety of educational settings including as an ESL and EALD teacher in Arusha Tanzania and in remote community schools in the Kimberleys studying approaches to indigenous education including teaching ‘two way’ and Play-based learning. Through her time as a teacher and Student Wellbeing leader, Claire developed a special interest in supporting mental health through creativity and the arts.