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Described by Downbeat Magazine as "an exquisite singer-songwriter", her voice "Sublime" by The Telegraph, Joanna's fourth album release "Blood and Bone" conveys a musical beauty of a many-coloured sort that speaks to straight to the human condition. Her songs reveal personal truths about love, loss, adventure, home and hope. World Music Report described it as "quintessential heart-music by a vocalist who seems to have connected with the deepest recesses of her being emerging into brightness again with songs of haunting beauty." Joanna is a master in the art of live vocal looping and as a multi-instrumentalist plays baritone ukulele, piano, flute, Indian shruti box, kalimba and melodica. Her music defies genre classification as she effortlessly imbues her songs with nuances of jazz, classical, art-song, folk and world music, carrying her "clear-eyed poetry" (Boston Globe) and "striking vocals" (Hothouse). Her songwriting extends beyond just lyrics and melody - Joanna also arranges for ensembles including string quartets, winds, a cappella voices and more. International appearances include: National Concert Hall, Dublin, Woodford Folk Festival, Australia, London Jazz Festival, Boston Court Arts Performing Centre, LA, Pizza Express, London, Salisbury International Festival, UK, The Sunflower Theatre, CO, National Sawdust, NYC, The Blue Whale, LA, Smalls Jazz Club, NYC, Sundance Film Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival...