Jo Harman

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Jo Harman

Jo Harman (* in London ) is a British singer-songwriter whose music is primarily based on blues and soul , but also has influences from country , gospel , jazz , rock and pop .

biography

Born in London, Harman grew up in Lustleigh, Devon . As a teenager she played the bassoon . After studying in London, following the death of her father and a trip to India, she attended the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in Brighton .

In 2011 she independently released Jo Harman And Company Live At Hideaway , two years before her first studio album Dirt On My Tongue was released in 2013 . Another live album followed in 2014, Live At The Royal Albert Hall .

Harman has performed at numerous festivals including the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, the BluesFest at Royal Albert Hall , the Isle of Wight Festival and the Parkpop Festival in The Hague . Musicians she has performed with include the Cranberries , Don McLean , Mick Hucknall , Johnny Winter , Robert Plant , Van Morrison , Bobby Womack , the Average White Band and many others.

Discography

  • 2011: Live At Hideaway - Jo Harman And Company
  • 2013: Dirt On My Tongue
  • 2014: Live At The Royal Albert Hall - Jo Harman And Company
  • 2017: People We Become

Awards

  • 2014 British Blues Awards: Female vocalist of the year

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jo Harman on the pages of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Michalis Limnios: Jo Harman: The Diamond Of Crown . March 21, 2014
  3. ↑ Biography on Jo Harman's website, see web links
  4. ↑ a b Expect plenty of heart from Jo Harman at The Spring . Portsmouth News, May 7, 2014
  5. ^ Jo Harman And Company - Live At The Royal Albert Hall - Album Review
  6. ↑ Jo Harman Interview on BluesMatters.com, 2012 (English)
  7. ↑ The British Blues Awards 2014 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Harman, Jo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH London