Joon Wolfsberg
Joon Wolfsberg (born March 8, 1992 in Cologne ) is a German singer- songwriter from Erfurt and the namesake and founder of the band "Joon Wolfsberg".
Life
education
Joon Wolfsberg attended the state music school in Erfurt from the age of 6 . There she received piano , drums and singing lessons . She learned to play the guitar autodidactically . After graduating from high school in 2010, she devoted herself entirely to a musical career. At that time she was already performing as a street musician with her own songs .
Career
At the age of 15, she started writing her own songs in 2007. In 2008 Joon Wolfsberg composed, at that time still under her stage name "Joon W.". In the same year, the musician Will.i.am became aware of them by the Black Eyed Peas . Since 2010 she has been writing her songs together with her father, the film photographer Joe (Joseph) Wolfsberg, who also produced all the albums.
In 2011 she recorded her debut album Made In USA in January and February in Nashville in “Tracking Room Studio” together with Dave Roe (last bassist for Johnny Cash ), Buddy Hyatt (pianist with Toto ), Shawn Fichter (drummer for Peter Frampton ).
On April 1, 2011, a digital version was first offered for sale on download portals such as iTunes or Amazon . On May 14, 2011, the physical copy was released for sale.
The single "Please" contained on it achieved popularity in Switzerland , among other places, and has been played there regularly since 2011 by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) on Radio Swiss Pop .
The album "Made in USA" spread over the course of 2011 in the established music scene in Los Angeles . This led to contact with Brad Smith (bass) and Christopher Thorn (guitar) from the US band Blind Melon and drummer Dave Krusen (founding member of Pearl Jam ), with whom they then joined in January 2012 in Nashville in the "Tracking Room Studio “ Recorded the album Wonderland .
On June 3, 2012, the Financial Times Deutschland selected the Wonderland album as album of the week and awarded the highest number of points 5.
At the end of 2012, Joon Wolfsberg founded her first band in Germany. From 2013 she recorded 3 more albums with the new band members Toni Funk (guitar) and Michael Nowatzky (drums).
The Rolling Stone voted the album The Deluxe Underdog at number 9 of the 52 worst albums of the second half of 2014.
Joon Wolfsberg is a member of the American Federation of Musicians (Nashville Musicians, AFM Local 257) and a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, which awards the Grammy Award every year.
Press
“Joon Wolfsberg was born in Cologne and grew up in Erfurt - but it sounds pretty international. Somewhere between Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick, folk rock elements and lots of Joon Wolfsberg, the 20-year-old newcomer, produced by her father, sings her way through real catchy tunes. Some of their songs like 'Big Fish' or 'Free Your Mind' even have chart qualities. Good - the lyrics are not always the best, but free: the focus here is on the music. [...] "
"But when you hear her drifting into old-fashioned vocals and the alternative rock sound of her band that is between muted folk rock and nostalgic bathing in nostalgia, you might think that the lady has already had a lot more than two decades of life behind her."
“Joon Wolfsberg, 'The Deluxe Underdog': 1.5 stars. Half skull, half rock chick - the Erfurt native struggles with great blues rock. "
"Save Him, 1220 Wells Street: They say that those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, Joon and her musical gang prove that it is by learning from the past that they get a hand in writing music's next chapter and it is a chapter that fans of songs built on integrity and honest are going to revel in. "
Discography
- 2010: Green Boots (demo album)
- 2011: Made in USA (debut album)
- 2012: Wonderland
- 2013: Revolujoon
- 2014: The Deluxe Underdog
- 2017: 1220 Wells Street
Web links
- Official website
- Musicbrainz
- Joon Wolfsberg at Discogs (English)
- Sound carrier by Joon Wolfsberg in the catalog of the German National Library
swell
- Filmography Joseph Wolfsberg
- Joseph Wolfsberg on IMDb.com
- klatsch-tratsch.de: Joon: News from the German Wunderkind, who found happiness in the USA , accessed June 3, 2012
- Message and photos on Facebook about the sale of the album on the day of publication
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfsberg, Joon in the catalog of the German National Library.
- ↑ Will.i.am: [1] Amazing Joon.W wrote her own song
- ↑ Joseph Wolfsberg in the IMDb
- ↑ http://m.otz.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/StarTalk-mit-Joon-Wolfsberg-1434890915 Video interview by Joon Wolfsberg and Joe Wolfsberg with Ostthüringer Zeitung (OTZ)
- ↑ Joon Wolfsberg - Made In USA (CD, album) , In: discogs.com , accessed on August 11, 2017.
- ↑ Please - Song - Musikdatenbank - Radio Swiss Pop In: radioswisspop.ch , accessed on August 11, 2017.
- ↑ Joon Wolfsberg - Wonderland (CD, album) In: discogs.com , accessed on August 11, 2017.
- ↑ FTD review ( Memento from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Fabian Broicher: The worst albums from July to December 2014. In: rollingstone.de. December 9, 2014, accessed on August 11, 2017 : “Joon Wolfsberg, 'The Deluxe Underdog': 1.5 stars. Half skull, half rock chick - the Erfurt native struggles with great blues rock. "
- ↑ Joon Wolfsberg In: nashvillemusicians.org , accessed on August 11, 2017th
- ↑ Financial Times Deutschland of June 3, 2012 ( Memento of June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Erfurt, Seattle, Nashville - Ostsee-Zeitung ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ https://www.anrfactory.com/tipping-hat-past-whilst-creating-glorious-future/ Tipping A Hat To The Past Whilst Creating A Glorious Future - A&R Factory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfsberg, Joon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | W. Joon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |