Ilid Kaolo

Ilid Kaolo (, formerly ) is an indigenous Taiwanese singer-songwriter of Amis descent. She is also an organic rice farmer in eastern Taiwan with her record producer husband. She states that farming has inspired her musically.

She was born in Hualien County and moved to Taipei at the age of seven. She joined the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe in her twenties. Kaolo relocated to Taitung in 2006 to join in an agricultural collective run by the Hohak Band, and returned to Hualien in 2010. After signing with the Taiwanese indigenous music label Wild Fire Music, she adopted the stage name Hsiao-mei.