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Ihre Großmutter spielte im Mädchenorchester im KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, ihr Vater war ein bekannter Cellist, und Joanna Wallfisch selbst ist eine exzellente Singer-Songwriterin. Ihr neues Album überzeugt mit einer ganzen Reihe vielseitig eingesetzter Instrumente.
There are some simply stunning tunes in the first hour of today's show, including by previous guests Kim Yang, Isabel Rumble and Joanna Wallfisch. Queer artists Julie Byrne, Jeremy Dutcher... LEARN MORE The post Skicinuwihkuk – Show #282 (part 1), 11 June 2023 appeared first on Miss Chatelaine.
Julia Roebuck in conversation with Charles Ross, international lecturer in Performance Sportswear Design and a key voice in the journey towards sustainability across the textiles industry. Recorded on zoom in July 2021 by Julia Roebuck. Edited by Julia Roebuck. Follow online @oneplanetfashion @upcyclefashion Music by Joanna Wallfisch @joannawallfisch
Described by Downbeat Magazine as "an exquisite singer-songwriter", Joanna's music conveys a 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, and folk, 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. Joanna's career has taken her around the globe. She first studied to be a painter at Central Saint Martins, London. This led her to Paris, where she sang on the bridges of the Seine with the "Rene Miller Wedding Band". Following this formative time she did a masters in jazz at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2012 she moved to New York City where she forged an indelible musical path, appearing and collaborating with musicians including Dan Tepfer, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Werner, Sam Newsome, Lee Konitz, to name a few. She released her debut album, Wild Swan, in 2011, featuring Joe Martin, Sam Newsome, Rob Garcia and Art Hirahara. In 2015 she signed with Sunnyside Records who released The Origin of Adjustable Things, an intimate duo project with pianist Dan Tepfer. As a follow up to this success she recorded Gardens In My Mind, her third album of self-penned songs and arrangements, featuring the award winning string ensemble The Sacconi Quartet, and Dan Tepfer on piano. In 2018 she self-released her fourth record, Blood and Bone, which London Jazz said, "overflowed with creativity and musical resources." 2019 marks the release of her fifth record entitled Far Away From Any Place Called Home. Joanna's unique musical background shines through in her own compositional style, evoking her classical routes with her love of jazz, art-song, folk and pop, pushing boundaries of genre and stylistic expectations. Her musical heritage is something to behold. Raised by classical musician parents, Australian violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and London born cellist Raphael Wallfisch, her grandmother Anita Lasker Wallfisch, now 94, survived Auschwitz because she played the cello in the camp's women's orchestra. Post liberation she became a founding member of the English Chamber Orchestra. Brother Simon is a renowned cellist and opera singer, and eldest brother Benjamin is an Oscar and Grammy nominated film composer. The Great Song Cycle: An adventurer at heart, in August 2016 Joanna embarked on a solo concert tour of the West Coast of the USA, by bicycle. Over the course of 1,154 miles she performed 16 solo shows between Portland and Los Angeles carrying her instruments, camping gear, and everything else she needed upon her bike. In her inimitable way she turned this once-in-a-lifetime experience into a 60-minute song-cycle, a recorded album and a memoir. She has performed the live piece in theatres including: National Sawdust, NYC, Boston Court Performing Arts Centre, LA, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, Phoenix Theatre, UK and Joe's Pub, NYC. In June, 2019 Joanna celebrates the release of her fifth album Far Away From Any Place Called Home, and her debut memoir "The Great Song Cycle; Portland to Los Angeles on Two Wheels and a Song", which is being published by Australian Publishers UWA Press.
Musician/adventurer, Joanna Wallfisch, travelled 1,154 miles down the Pacific Coast Highway, from Portland to LA, carrying her whole world in four small pannier bags, including a ukulele and loop pedal. Pushing through challenge and triumph while traversing the coast with only her body and two thin wheels propelling her forward, what transpired was a concert tour made richer by the beautiful encounters, struggles and challenges she faced and overcame. Joanna calls this journey “The Great Song Cycle.” Find her music at https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/greatsongcycle and at https://joannawallfisch.bandcamp.com/
Michael Altomare has been a staple of Highland Square. As the owner of Highland Barber Shop, he’s seen a lot of changes. And he cut Jeffrey Dahmer’s hair one time, too. Chris and Liz also interview a bonus guest: Joanna Wallfisch, who is performing at BLU Jazz+ on Wednesday. A British singer-songwriter who lives in New York, Joanna shares her thoughts on Akron and plays a beautiful song on her ukulele.
Locos por Juana is a GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMYnominated bilingual band, most notably recognized for their energetic live performances and unique fusion ofLatin, Caribbean, and American rhythms, consisting of vocalist Itawe Correa, guitarist Mark Kondrat, drummerJavier Delgado, and bassist, David Pransky. Locos porJuana’s sound incorporates the beloved sounds of their heritage like Cumbia,Champeta and Afro-Colombian rhythms, musical influences from Miami and the Caribbean islands includingReggae, Raggamuffin, and Dub from Jamaica, along withRock ‘n roll, Funk and Hip-Hop. Musician and cyclist Joanna Wallfisch was born in London to classical musician parents but learned early to go beyond boundaries. After completing her masters in jazz performance from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she moved to New York City where she independently released her debut solo album, Wild Swan, in 2011. Over the past five years, Joanna has toured or worked with renowned jazz artists like Wynton Marsalis and Dan Tepfer. She is promoting her new album, Gardens in My Mind on a cross-country, 10-city bike tour. She will be arriving in LA her ukulele, her loop pedals and new songs.
This week, I have a really fun and wide-ranging chat with the delightful Joanna Wallfisch. We talk about growing up in London, following music in whatever direction it leads you, and the ways Joanna's songwriting has developed over her career. As a special treat, Joanna sings a brand new song entitled "The Truth" live during the episode. Check out her new album "Gardens in My Mind" on iTunes: http://apple.co/2bwtghg Follow her epic tour (The Great Song Cycle) as she bikes and sings her way down the West Coast on Instagram: instagram.com/joannawallfisch For everything else Joanna: facebook.com/JoannaWallfisch joannawallfisch.com